Hedgehogs, hedgehog, 17 species of hedgehog in five genera. A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae, which is in order Erinaceomorpha. There are found in Europe, Asia, Africa and New Zealand (by introduction). There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, nor the Americas.
Simulated Evolution is the umbrella name for a set of projects focused on using agent-based modeling to explore and learn about evolutionary processes.
Show the NOVA video Evolution: Why Sex? and use this worksheet. Show this PowerPoint, Teacher's Guide to: Evolutionary Theory, that has been converted to a YouTube video. It is in the form of a quiz. Back to the top Labs Simulate natural selection with the Candy Dish Selection lab.Introduce the Hardy-Weinberg principle of gene frequency equilibrium with this Breeding Bunnies lab. This includes a data sheet (in pdf format), discussion questions (pdf), and a student page.n The Evolution Game you're a small primate in the Eocene forests of 50 million years ago, but the world is changing. Have students do the Evolution wordsearch puzzle. Here's the solution. Try this Peppered Moth activity.