Tinbergen’s Questions
Tinbergen’s Questions can help organize complex causality of behaviors and other phenomena across time.
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Tinbergen's questions sorting activity – crossing road – phylogeny vs. trait function
Students sort different causal explanations for a behavior into Tinbergen’s four questions.
This activity is about the example of crossing a street when the traffic light turns green. This activity only concerns causes in phylogeny and students have to differentiate between the appearance of a trait in phylogeny and the trait’s function.
See the presentation slides and this lesson plan for more context
This activity is about the example of crossing a street when the traffic light turns green. This activity only concerns causes in phylogeny and students have to differentiate between the appearance of a trait in phylogeny and the trait’s function.
See the presentation slides and this lesson plan for more context
- Teaching material type h5p interactive, Tinbergen's questions
- Concepts Behavior
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