Natural selection activity

Are you looking for a fun natural selection simulation activity for your evolution unit? You are in the right place. “Survival of the Fittest Finch” will not disappoint you nor your students! I did…

Today on the blog I'm sharing a simple, yet effective, introduction activity for teaching natural selection.

Discover the meaning of evolutionary fitness in this predator/prey simulation.

Natural selection is one of my favorite topics to teach. Students enter the classroom with prior misconceptions and it’s fun to have students figure out what natural selection and evolution really mean. Here is a list of my favorite natural selection and evolution activities: 1. Battle of the Beaks– This lab is always a hit! ... Read more

Charles Darwin and a Natural Selection Activity - learn about Darwin's Finches and his theory of evolution by natural selection #scienceforkids #charlesdarwin #evolution

Mark off a 1 square meter (or yard) section of grass. Scatter a selection of colored toothpicks in the marked off area – you will want to count the number of toothpicks of each color before you scatter them. Provide a group of students with ~15 seconds to pick up as many toothpicks as they can find. Count and record the number of each color that was collected. Repeat this exercise several more times. After returning inside, students can graph the data. You should find that the green…

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Over the years, I have encountered several different variations of this activities. I think they all have merits, so look for me to share a few other versions in coming weeks. This first version is the simplest, and the most appropriate for younger students. Create a bucket of "bird food". Into this bucket, dump all kinds of things - try to include a wide variety of shapes sizes and textures. Some things you might want to include: Sand Oats Rice Marshmallows Gummy Worms Cereal Pasta Coconut…

Natural Selection 5E Lesson Plan ready to print and teach the entire ecosystems unit. Includes word wall of vocabulary, interactive science notebook template, PowerPoint and note worksheet, and student choice final project. Complete station lab activity i

Clipbirds activity from Berkeley bolsters student understanding of natural selection. Students use different size binder clips to represent the different size beaks of Darwin's finches.