Abstract The ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic caused by SARS‐CoV‐2 has caused widespread deaths, illnesses, and societal disruption. I describe here how I pivoted a discussion‐based senior biology capstone course to include a multiweek module surrounding one primary literature paper on the evolution of SARS‐CoV‐2 and the subsequent scientific discourse about the paper. Using a gradual reveal of the paper following the CREATE method (consider, read, elucidate, and think of the next experiment), I challenged students to learn new evolutionary principles and critically analyze the data surrounding the evolution and transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 presented in the paper. I also provide general advice for implementing this module in future courses.
【저자키워드】 primary literature, SARS‐CoV‐2 evolution, teaching of evolution, 【초록키워드】 Evolution, pandemic, Transmission, COVID‐19, SARS‐CoV‐2, experiment, deaths, illnesses, courses, widespread, Course, caused, include, subsequent, 【제목키워드】 Evolution, SARS‐CoV‐2, promote,