Lab-evolution of Yeasts – an online inquiry activity
Leading team

Prof. Anat Yarden
Dr. Bat Shahar Dorfman

Project members

Dr. Orna Dahan

Summary
The processes involved in acquiring resistance to different environmental conditions, based on evolution and natural selection, are taught as a part of the Israeli high-school Biology curriculum. Various students’ difficulties in understanding these processes, particularly evolution and natural selection, are described in the literature. A preliminary survey among biology teachers, showed that …