Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Evolution Experiment






A start population 120 coloured tooth picks. Consisting of 6 colours of 20 sticks each.





The 120 were dispersed over a 15 x15 m area.





Two student preditors collected 10 sticks each.





From the kills the field population was calculated.





The field number divided by 5, was the number off spring that were generated and added and distributed to the field population.





In the sequence





Species - Sticks


Trait - Colour


Variation - Yellow, Orange, Red, Blue, Green,Purple


Selection - Not being Predated


Reproduction


Evolution.



We had predation out strip replacement due to over efficient predation.

The photo shows the final population after 7 seasons, havested from the field.

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I come from a Science family: My father Geoffrey Hill was Australia's first computer programmer on CSIRAC the fourth computer in the world. He is credited with invention of Computer music and the development of “Interprogram” a language before Basic. My PhD is in Atomic and Molecular Physics. I have researched the activated oxygen layer above the ozone layer, and 'Assigned' the world's smallest molecule. At the University of Toronto I researched high power UV lasers. I have specialized in automation in fibre optics. This developed into research in Machine Intellect and Robots. I have enjoyed work as an Explainer with Questacon and my time as a part-time soldier. I currently teach High School Science at Epping Boys’ High.