Background: New species develop naturally through the process of natural selection . Due to natural selection, organisms with traits that better enable them to adapt to their environment will tend to survive and reproduce in greater numbers. Natural selection causes beneficial heritable traits to become more common in a population and unfavorable heritable traits to become less common. For example, a giraffe’s neck is beneficial because it allows the giraffe to reach leaves high in trees. Natural selection caused this beneficial trait to become more common than short necks.

Situation: Beth had cut her hand at work. despite antibiotics it was not getting better.Her doctor put her on a knew and stronger antibiotic.

Question: Was the first round of antibiotics defective or not?

Situation: Beth had cut her hand at work. despite antibiotics it was not getting better.Her doctor put her on a knew and stronger antibiotic.

Question: Would the first antibiotics have worked more or less in the past?

Situation: Beth had cut her hand at work. despite antibiotics it was not getting better.Her doctor put her on a knew and stronger antibiotic.

Question: Are the bacteria staying the same or changing?

Situation: Beth had cut her hand at work. despite antibiotics it was not getting better.Her doctor put her on a knew and stronger antibiotic.

Question: What are the bacteria adapting to?

Situation: Beth had cut her hand at work. despite antibiotics it was not getting better.Her doctor put her on a knew and stronger antibiotic.

Question: Are  bacteria that aren't resistant to bacteria more or less likely to survive?

Situation: Beth had cut her hand at work. despite antibiotics it was not getting better.Her doctor put her on a knew and stronger antibiotic.

Question: Are  bacteria that aren't resistant to bacteria more or less likely to pass on their genes?

Situation: Beth had cut her hand at work. despite antibiotics it was not getting better.Her doctor put her on a knew and stronger antibiotic.

Question: Are  antibiotic resistant bacteria more or less likely to pass on their genes?

Situation: Beth had cut her hand at work. despite antibiotics it was not getting better.Her doctor put her on a knew and stronger antibiotic.

Question: Is the bacteria causing Beth's infection antibiotic resistant or normal.

Situation: When visiting the Galapagos islands Beth was fascinated by the many species of finches. Each had different sides beaks and had carved out its on habitat on the island eating the seeds that were available there. Each one seemed to have the size beak that was perfect for the seeds it ate.

Question: Were finches with a certain size beak more or less likely to survive??

Situation: When visiting the Galapagos islands Beth was fascinated by the many species of finches. Each had different sides beaks and had carved out its on habitat on the island eating the seeds that were available there. Each one seemed to have the size beak that was perfect for the seeds it ate.

Question: Were finches with a certain size beak more or less likely to find food?

Situation: When visiting the Galapagos islands Beth was fascinated by the many species of finches. Each had different sides beaks and had carved out its on habitat on the island eating the seeds that were available there. Each one seemed to have the size beak that was perfect for the seeds it ate.

Question: Were finches with optimal sized beaks more or less likely to pass on genes

Situation: When visiting the Galapagos islands Beth was fascinated by the many species of finches. Each had different sides beaks and had carved out its on habitat on the island eating the seeds that were available there. Each one seemed to have the size beak that was perfect for the seeds it ate.

Question: Were finches without optimal sized beaks more or less likely to pass on genes

Situation: When visiting the Galapagos islands Beth was fascinated by the many species of finches. Each had different sides beaks and had carved out its on habitat on the island eating the seeds that were available there. Each one seemed to have the size beak that was perfect for the seeds it ate.

Question: Were finches without optimal sized beaks more or less likely to survive

Situation: When visiting the Galapagos islands Beth was fascinated by the many species of finches. Each had different sides beaks and had carved out its on habitat on the island eating the seeds that were available there. Each one seemed to have the size beak that was perfect for the seeds it ate.

Question: Were finches without optimal sized beaks more or less likely to find food

Situation: When visiting the Galapagos islands Beth was fascinated by the many species of finches. Each had different sides beaks and had carved out its on habitat on the island eating the seeds that were available there. Each one seemed to have the size beak that was perfect for the seeds it ate.

Question: Are beak sizes random or a response to the environment?

Situation: When visiting the Galapagos islands Beth was fascinated by the many species of finches. Each had different sides beaks and had carved out its on habitat on the island eating the seeds that were available there. Each one seemed to have the size beak that was perfect for the seeds it ate.

Question: Would finches from one island thrive or struggle on another?

Situation: When visiting the Galapagos islands Beth was fascinated by the many species of finches. Each had different sides beaks and had carved out its on habitat on the island eating the seeds that were available there. Each one seemed to have the size beak that was perfect for the seeds it ate.

Question: Is each species of finch able to thrive only on their island or anywhere??

Situation: When visiting the Galapagos islands Beth was fascinated by the many species of finches. Each had different sides beaks and had carved out its on habitat on the island eating the seeds that were available there. Each one seemed to have the size beak that was perfect for the seeds it ate.

Question: Will a change in available food cause finches to thrive or struggle???