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Guide use of the digital evolution environment with explicit questions, observations, and comparison points.

Study Guide

Digital Evolution Lab teacher and learner guide

Use Digital Evolution Lab to structure experiments about adaptation, mutation, and evidence rather than treating it as a free-play simulation.

Open application Curriculum alignment

Teaching Focus

Teacher notes

  • Frame each run around a question about change over time rather than just a target outcome.
  • Have learners compare multiple runs so chance and historical contingency stay visible.
  • Use screenshots, logs, or saved states as evidence for explanations.

Learner tasks

  • Predict what will happen when mutation or selection pressure changes.
  • Run parallel cases and compare adaptation paths.
  • Explain how observed outcomes support or challenge the starting prediction.

Core Question

How do mutation, selection, and history interact to produce adaptation in evolving populations?