Natural Selection Lesson Plans
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Adaptations of Darwin’s Finches Lab Lesson Plan (PDF)
Lesson Plan (DOCX) with Membership
Experiment
Students participate in an activity that demonstrates how natural selection works by mimicking adaptations of Darwin’s finches. Topics include extinction, competition, generations, survival of the fittest and graphing.NGSS Standard
HS-LS4.B: Natural Selection
HS-LS4.C: Adaptation
Published by NGSS Life Science High School
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Dinosaur Evolution Project Lesson Plan (PDF)
Lesson Plan (DOCX) with Membership
Project
Students pretend to evolve a dinosaur using Darwin's principles of evolution and watch how the dinosaur adapts to an environmental change. This is a very comprehensive project including natural selection, adaptations, chromosome and point mutations, gene pools, isolation, Mendel genetics, protein synthesis, fossils, ecology, competition,and speciation.NGSS Standard
HS-LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
HS-LS4.B: Natural Selection
HS-LS4.C: Adaptation
Published by NGSS Life Science High School
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Theory of Evolution Quiz Multimedia
Assessment
This quiz assesses students knowledge of natural selection, selection based on phenotypes, evidence, fossils, and genetic variation.NGSS Standard
HS-LS4.B: Natural Selection
Published by High School
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Peppered Moth Simulation Lesson Plan
Activity
Students will simulate how predators locate prey in different environments using forceps, newspaper and colored papers. Students will analyze how color affects an organism's ability to survive in certain environments.NGSS Standard
HS-LS4.B: Natural Selection
Published by Shannan Muskopf High School
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Natural Selection Simulation Lesson Plan
Activity
Students model natural selection by using tools such as spoons to "capture" beans and determine the best adaptations for survival.NGSS Standard
HS-LS4.B: Natural Selection
Published by Shannan Muskopf High School
More Natural Selection lesson plans are in the works.