BIRDD: Beagle Investigations Return with Darwinian Data Version 2.0 User Notes Frank Price Hamilton College Samuel Donovan University of Wisconsin - Madison A BioQUEST Library VII Online module published by the BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium The BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium (1986) actively supports educators interested in the reform of undergraduate biology and engages in the collaborative development of curricula. We encourage the use of simulations, databases, and tools to construct learning environments where students are able to engage in activities like those of practicing scientists. Email: [email protected] Website: http://bioquest.org Editorial Staff Editor: John R. Jungck Beloit College Managing Editor: Ethel D. Stanley Beloit College, BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium Associate Editors: Sam Donovan University of Pittsburgh Stephen Everse University of Vermont Marion Fass Beloit College Margaret Waterman Southeast Missouri State University Ethel D. 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Some modules' software use the BioQUEST Toolkit licensed from Project BioQUEST. PREFACE This document contains all of the database notes and How-To files from within BIRDD. These can be printed to provide a "manual" for students to refer to. Instructors can distribute copies of whichever pages are appropriate for the assignments they give their students. These notes can also be viewed from within the BIRDD application by clicking on the "How To ….." button on the database Contents screens. NOTE: This document requires Version 4.0 or later of the Adobe Acrobat ™ Reader. With earlier versions of the Reader some of the graphics will display poorly or not at all. Version 4.0 of the Reader is available on the CD and can be installed from the Library Guide. Beagle Investigations Return Darwinian Data: About BIRDD The Darwin's Finch Data Resource (DFDR) Main Table of Contents (version 2.0) + Click buttons to go to information or data sets. (boldface buttons are functional) + To return to this location from anywhere in BIRDD, Click a Return to Main Table of Contents button, or Select Go to Main Table of Contents under the Script menu How To Navigate Introduction to BIRDD, Around Print All Database Notes BIRDD "How To" Pages Finch Morphology DNA Sequence Skeletal Data Data Data Species Vocalization Protein Data Data Data Island Weather Pictures & Bibliography Data Data Panoramas Tourist Quit Data For technical support, comments and suggestions, contact Frank Price by phone (315) 853-5233 or by e-mail ([email protected]) Beagle Investigations Return with Darwinian Data The Darwin's Finch Data Resource version 2.0, October 2000 A BioQUEST Library Collection First Review Module Copyright: Frank Price Hamilton College & Beloit College Samuel Donovan U. Wisc. Madison James Stewart U. Wisc. Madison John Jungck Beloit College BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium Beloit College Ph: (608) 363–2743 700 College Street E-mail: [email protected] Beloit, WI 53511 Web: http://www.beloit.ed/~bquest Published by Academic Press For technical support, contact Frank Price, the Developer: Return to ph. (315) 853-5233 e-mail [email protected] Main Table of Contents Warning: This solution contains password(s) which may only be provided by the Developer identified above. Acknowledgements: Funding: Version 2.0: NSF Grant DUE-9950740 Version 1.0: the Division of Instruction Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the form of an Instructional Technology Grant. Additional support was provided by the Educational Research and Development Centers Program (PR/Award Number R305A60007), as administered by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, and by the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Additional support provided by Beloit College and Hamilton College. Special thanks — for "services above and beyond" — go to the staffs of the Inter–Library Loan and Reference Departments of Hamilton College’s Burke Library. The opinions, findings, and conclusions do not necessarily reflect the views of the supporting organizations. Notes on BIRDD: Topics INTRODUCTION The Data Resources The Instructional Resources Request for Feedback & Suggestions Historical Perspective on Darwin's Finches Data Archives and Digital Libraries Acknowledgments Bibliography DATA Data Files + DFMain: a table of contents for all the project files. + DFMorph: morphological measurements + DFDNA: DNA and protein sequences + DFTaxa: information about species. + DFVocal: vocalizations + Islands: information on islands + Weather: mostly rainfall and temperature + GalPics: images + Biblio: Literature + GalTrsts: tourist visits Island Names & Abbreviations Finch Names & Abbreviations USING BIRDD Navigating the Databases Tables of Contents Data Displays Menus Standard Scripts on the Script Menu FileName DFMAIN.BRD page 1 Notes on BIRDD: Topics Printing Selecting Subsets of Data Exporting Data INSTALLATION & TROUBLESHOOTING Installation Issues To use the Online Guide to install BIRDD: Fonts Screen Resolution and Color Depth Printing Panoramas And Sounds File Organization Trouble-shooting Printing Problems: Text or images are cut off Panoramas don't work Sounds Do not work on Windows PCs Sounds Do not work on Macs VERSION NOTES: 2.0 Modifications To Run On Windows Computers Other Changes Changes To Individual Data Sets Morphology Database: Molecular Sequence Database: Species Database: Vocalization Database: Islands Database: Weather Database: no changes Pictures Database: New Bibliography Database: New FileName DFMAIN.BRD page 2 Notes on BIRDD: Topics Tourists Database: New Version 1.0 FileName DFMAIN.BRD page 3 Notes on BIRDD INTRODUCTION The primary goal of the BIRDD (Beagle Investigations Return with Darwinian Data) project is to provide students and instructors with a variety of resources related to evolution research and to the teaching of evolution. It is difficult for students to understand evolution unless they have an opportunity to study it as they study other areas of biology — by doing what professionals in the discipline do in labs, in museums, or in the field. Unfortunately, labs have been rare in courses dealing with evolution, and with some justification. Evolutionary phenomena involve time and geographic scales that make it difficult for instructors to develop labs comparable to those in biochemistry, physiology or behavior. Yet we need only look to examples of evolution research to see how these obstacles have been overcome. Evolution research involves the synthesis of many types of data and often does not directly test hypotheses with experimental protocols. A great deal can be learned using comparative methods. Making comparisons between species and looking for associations between traits and ecological conditions allows evolutionary biologists to test hypotheses about adaptations (Harvey and Pagel, 1991; Freeman, and Herron, 1998). We must not allow a narrow view of the nature of science to limit the opportunities that students have to learn about evolutionary phenomena through their own scientific inquiries. BIRDD aims to lower the threshold for getting