In this natural selection online activity, students pretend to be birds eating peppered moths in both light and dark forests! In this FUN and NO-PREP peppered moths activity, kids will see for themselves how populations change over time due to natural selection. Fun for NGSS MS-LS4-4!
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This is a relatively quick activity – plan for about 30 minutes.
In this activity, students will:
- READ web pages to ANSWER QUESTIONS about peppered moths, an entomologist who studied them, and the basics of natural selection.
- PERFORM A NATURAL SELECTION SIMULATION by pretending to be a bird eating moths in different environments.
Teacher Notes:
- GO PAPERLESS by using the included Google Slides version of the activity.
- Answer key included.
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- This natural selection online activity is not editable.
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NGSS MS-LS4-4: Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
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NGSS MS-LS4-6: Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
