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Practice the empirical reasoning behind evolutionary and ecological explanation.

Application

Evidence And Cause Workbench

Classify claims, compare magnitudes, and flag simplifications before assigning biological causes.

Study guide Teacher guide About
Use first Select a scenario, sort the statements, then check what kind of reasoning each statement performs.
Then test sufficiency Use the magnitude sliders to ask whether a proposed cause could plausibly explain the observed effect.

Scenario

Choose a pattern

Claim Sorting

What job is each statement doing?

Sort each statement into one reasoning category. The goal is not to memorize labels; it is to slow down before turning a pattern into a causal story.

Magnitude Check

Could this cause be strong enough?

This toy check does not estimate real parameters. It teaches the habit of matching effect size, time scale, and stochastic noise before naming a cause.

Simplification Flags

What did the exercise make easier?