AVIDA ED
In this project we took a short break from physics to learn about biology and genetics. We used a program called AVIDA, which simulates a petri dish filled with small organism called avidians. Because the petri dish is digital, you can do interesting stuff like change the rate of mutation or food supply to see how the avidians evolve to their environments. We did several tests to see how the avidians would react to different changes and, although it wasn't on the project syllabus, started competitively growing the avidians to kill each other. Below are some screenshots of the AVIDA program.