Selected Topics in Evolutionary Biology
Category B
Results after B5 - 19.6.21.pdfHere you can find final results of our competition after all five series of the 4th year of STEB. Both the Slovak and English versions are regarded as one category.
Updated 19/06/2021.
Series 1: Genetics and Nature Conservation
Did you know the Earth’s evolutionary history has witnessed at least five mass extinction events? That is, incidents where the majority of species went extinct due to geological, climatic, or some external factor such as an asteroid impact. Fast forward to the present era, where—because of increasing human population, overconsumption, and environmentally unfriendly policies—the current species extinction rate is 100 to 1000 times higher than the background extinction rates revealed in the fossil record from the times in between mass extinction events. Scientists warn that we are actually midst of a sixth mass extinction, the only event of this kind caused solely by single species: humans.
Read the following article, answer the questions and make your project. You can submit your work via Google Classroom or email it to projects@edub.sk.
Answers to the questions are to be submitted through this form.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at office@edub.sk.
Should you have questions regarding Google Classroom, please, contact katarina.karasekova@edub.sk.
The deadline for submission of the first series is the midnight on November 9, 2020!
STEB_EN_Year4SBFinal.pdfSeries 1 - Article
STEB_EN_Year4SBFinal_Questions&Project.pdfQuestions and Project
Series 2: The Exciting World of Genes and Their Origin - Part I
The genomes of a tomato plant and a wild cat have a lot in common, but they are obviously not the same. While they share some of their genes, some exist only in one species, and not in the other. How did this happen? How are new genes born? Can a gene die? Are new genes important for the emergence of new traits? In this article, the first of two on this subject, we will dive into the amazing world of genes and investigate their origins.
Read the following article, answer the questions and make your project. You can submit your work via Google Classroom or email it to projects@edub.sk.
Answers to the questions are to be submitted through this form.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at office@edub.sk.
Should you have questions regarding Google Classroom, please, contact katarina.karasekova@edub.sk.
The deadline for submission of the second series is the midnight on December 21, 2020!
STEB_EN_Year4B2Final_Article.pdfSeries 2 - Article
STEB_EN_Year4B2Final_Questions.pdfQuestions
STEB_EN_Year4B2Project.pdfProject
Series 3: The Exciting World of Genes and Their Origin - Part II
We learned a lot about genes and their world in the previous article. But we still don’t know how they come to exist, or how some genes can arise without belonging to a gene family.
Read the following article, answer the questions and make your project. You can submit your work via Google Classroom or email it to projects@edub.sk.
Answers to the questions are to be submitted through this form.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at office@edub.sk.
Should you have questions regarding Google Classroom, please, contact katarina.karasekova@edub.sk.
The deadline for submission of the third series is the midnight on February 23, 2021!
STEB_EN_Year4B3Final_Article.pdfSeries 3 - Article
STEB_EN_Year4B3Final_Questions_Project.pdfQuestions and Project
Series 4: Genetically modified organisms: history, applications and social concerns
Have you ever seen the label “GMO free” at the supermarket? What does it mean? Why does society raise concerns about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and why do many countries impose strict regulations on GMOs? In this series we will look more into this fascinating topic and address the above questions.
Read the following article, answer the questions and make your project. You can submit your work via Google Classroom or email it to projects@edub.sk.
Answers to the questions are to be submitted through this form.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at office@edub.sk.
Should you have questions regarding Google Classroom, please, contact katarina.karasekova@edub.sk.
The deadline for submission of the fourth series is the midnight on April 12, 2021!
STEB_EN_Year4B4FinalAll.pdfSeries 4: Article, questions and project
Series 5: Origin of Eukaryotes
The origin of the eukaryotic cell is considered one of the most critical events in the history of life on Earth. It gave rise to organisms made of cells substantially different from those before and eventually led to the evolution of sexual reproduction, multicellularity, specialized cells, and complex organisms such as us. But how did these complex cells evolve?
We will attempt to answer this question in this year's fifth and last article, which is now available for you to read. We will publish the questions and project shortly.
Read the following article, answer the questions and make your project. You can submit your work via Google Classroom or email it to projects@edub.sk.
Answers to the questions are to be submitted through this form.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at office@edub.sk.
Should you have questions regarding Google Classroom, please, contact katarina.karasekova@edub.sk.
The deadline for submission of the fifth series is the midnight on May 24, 2021!
STEB_EN_Year4B5All.pdf