Tinbergen’s Questions can help organize complex causality of behaviors and other phenomena across time.
Grade or Expertise Level: K-12
How can we use insights about human evolution, human behavior, and the causal interactions in social-ecological systems to address local, regional and global sustainability
What can we learn from our own thoughts and intuitions about human evolution, behavior, and sustainability? Understanding the causes of our perceptions, intuitions, and
What can we learn from communities around the world managing shared resources about human evolution, behavior, and sustainability? Exploring diverse sustainability dilemmas in the
What can we learn from children about human evolution, behavior, and sustainability? The development of social and cognitive abilities in the course of a
What can we learn from our biologically close and distant relatives about human evolution, behavior, and sustainability? Comparing traits of humans and other species
What can we learn from our ancestors about human evolution, behavior and sustainability? Exploring the characteristics of our ancestors, their living conditions, and the
How do you start a conversation about improving your school? Our collection of conversation starters is a good place to start.
Schools should help students develop a minimum metacognitive understanding of the concept of ethnotheories of everyday life, and the similarities and differences between everyday learning
Students can and should be involved in the science-informed processes of community-based cultural evolution within their own school. Because this can be a complex task,
