BeeVisit

Author:

Barbara Thomson James Thomson

Subject:

Science and Technology

Institution Name:

BioQUEST

Collection:

BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

Abstract:

BeeVisit enables students to evaluate the relative contributions of different pollinator species to a plant's reproductive success through an interactive model of pollen transfer.

The model tracks a plant's presentation of pollen through time; pollen may be presented gradually or all at once, and the program lets you choose from a family of power curves to model the shape of the cumulative pollen presentation curve over a set number of time intervals (usually 100). Then, 'bees' of 1, 2, or 3 types are allowed to visit the plant.

You specify the expected number and type of visits; this sets the probability of a visit occurring during each interval, and visits occur stochastically according to these probabilities.

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Media Format:

Graphics/Photos, Other, Text/HTML, Downloadable docs

Technical Requirements:

Windows 2000|Windows 98

Conditions of Use:

Custom License