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Overview:
Students learn about variation, reproductive isolation, natural selection, and adaptation through this version of the bird beak activity.

Author/Source:
UC Museum of Paleontology

Grade level:
6-8

Time:
One class period

Concepts:

  • Evolution results from natural selection acting upon variation within a population

  • Traits that are advantageous often persist in a population.

  • Organisms with similar requirements may compete with one another for limited resources.

  • Individual organisms with advantageous traits are more likely to survive and have offspring.

  • The number of offspring that survive to reproduce successfully is limited by environmental factors.

  • Natural selection is dependent on environmental conditions.

  • Environmental changes affect opportunities and can influence natural selection.

  • A hallmark of science is exposing ideas to testing.

  • There is variation within a population.

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