MS-LS4.B: Natural Selection


  • MS-LS4.B: Natural Selection Worksheet Recently Updated
    Natural Selection Worksheet
    Published by NGSS Life Science. Free Lesson Plan (PDF)

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    Worksheet
    In this evolution by natural selection worksheet, students learn how nature selects advantageous traits called adaptations. This worksheet's focus is on evolutionary vocabulary terms.
    NGSS Standard
    HS-LS4-2
    HS-LS4-3
    HS-LS4-4
    HS-LS4-5
    MS-LS4-4 (Benefits of Variation)
    		  
    Published by NGSS Life Science
  • MS-LS4.B: Natural Selection Lab Experiment
    Evolution by Natural Selection Lab
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    Lab
    In this evolution by natural selection lab, students start by answering questions on how mice's habitat affects the survival rate of different fur colors of mice. The students simulate the mice using a fork or spoon and a cup and try to eat pom-poms. The pom-poms are different colors, and they reside in different color habitats. Students learn how other evolutionary adaptations contribute to differences in survival and reproductive rates, allowing students to see changing allele frequencies in their modeled population.
    NGSS Standard
    HS-LS4-2
    HS-LS4-3
    HS-LS4-4
    MS-LS4-4 (Benefits of Variation)
    MS-LS4-6 (Trait Frequencies)
    		  
    Published by Ingrid Waldron and Jennifer Doherty
  • MS-LS4.B: Natural Selection Lab Experiment
    Genetic Drift Lab
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    Lab
    Students role dice and chart how a pretend worm population reproduces through many generations. This activity is easy to perform and lets students visually see how an allele frequency appears to occur randomly. 5 colored pencils and dice are required for each group of students.
    NGSS Standard
    MS-LS4-5 (Artificial Selection)
    MS-LS4-6 (Trait Frequencies)
    		  
    Published by The University of Arizona
  • Multimedia
    Survival of the Sneakiest - Comic Strip
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    Multimedia
    This comic follows the efforts of a male cricket as he tries to attract a mate, and in the process, debunks common myths about what it means to be evolutionarily "fit."
    NGSS Standard
    HS-LS4-2
    HS-LS4-4
    MS-LS4-4 (Benefits of Variation)
    		  
    Published by Josh Frankel

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