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Overview: This news brief from May 2009 explores the difference between phenotypic plasticity and evolutionary change in relation to the media's coverage of climate change. Author/Source: UC Museum of Paleontology Grade level: 13-16 Time: 20 minutes Teaching tips: Use this resource to relate evolutionary concepts to the topic of climate change (or get more suggestions for incorporating evolution throughout your biology syllabus). This article includes a video podcast, a set of discussion and extension questions for use in class, and hints about related lessons that might be used in conjunction with this one. Get more tips for using Evo in the News articles in your classroom. Concepts: Evolution results from natural selection acting upon genetic variation within a population. Natural selection and genetic drift act on the variation that exists in a population. Natural selection acts on phenotype as an expression of genotype. Phenotype is a product of both genotype and the organism’s interactions with the environment. Organisms cannot intentionally produce adaptive mutations in response to environmental influences. Scientists test their ideas using multiple lines of evidence. As with other scientific disciplines, evolutionary biology has applications that factor into everyday life, for example in agriculture, biodiversity and conservation biology, and medicine and health. Teacher background: Adaptation Relevance

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