Natural Selection
You are a bird hunting moths (both dark and light) that live on trees. As you capture the moths most easily visible against the tree surface, the moth populations change, illustrating the effects of natural selection.
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Student Exploration Sheet
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Teacher Guide
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Vocabulary Sheet
User Recommendations (4):
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Excellent for students to actually experience Natural Selection in an almost GAME format.
By: Brandon Harber (Arkansas) | Recommended 30 days ago
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This Gizmo does an amazing job of showing how the traits from a mutation are passed along.
By: Nick Elliott (South Carolina) | Recommended 112 days ago
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This is a cool little gizmo that helps students see how natural selection works from a first hand point of view.
By: S. Spisak (Ontario) | Recommended 119 days ago
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Don't have your students hit the reset button after Activity A. This way they can compare results from the two colors of trees.
By: Melissa Fellows (Vermont) | Recommended 164 days ago
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