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360Science™: Artificial Selection

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In this investigation, students are given two plants from a control group and two plants from a treatment group that has been artificially selected for higher trichrome numbers. Students count the number of trichomes on the first leaf and compile class data to determine how artificial selection influenced trichrome number.

Concepts

  • Artificial selection
  • Genetically modified organism
  • Genetics
  • Evolution