Outreach

Summary of the activities we led at our booth

 

Table 1: Co-evolution of pollinators and flowering plants
Various species of bird and insect species have co-evolved different traits that benefit particular species of pollinator-flower pairs. Participants will play a short matching game with the goal of matching particular flower morphologies up with the species of bird or insect that is likely to pollinate that flower. We also hope to have live flower specimens to observe.

Participants then move on to Table 2 or 3!

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Table 2: Diversity of anole lizard species
Different species of anoles have evolved different colors, limb and tail lengths, toepad sizes, and dewlap colors as adaptations for the particular microhabitat that they live in. Participants will have a short introduction to the diverse traits observed in different anole species that have thrived and evolved on different Caribbean islands. Booth hosts can educate older audience members on concepts such as adaptations, speciation, phylogenetic trees, convergent evolution, evo-devo, etc.

Participants then move on to Table 1 or 3!

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Table 3: Participants will have the option to color their own:

1) pollinator sticker or 2) lizard sticker.

They will then place their sticker on the big Tree of Life poster!

Booth hosts will guide participants to apply the knowledge learned at Table 1 or 2 to place stickers on an appropriate location on the tree/garden.