Grade Level(s):
- 3-5
Source:
- UC Museum of Paleontology
Resource type:
- Classroom activity
Time: 50-60 minutes
Overview
Students act as predators searching for prey (beans) in two different settings to demonstrate the processes of adaptation and selection.

- [Mechanisms of evolution: Grades 3-5] There is variation within a population. (LS3.A, LS3.B)
- [Mechanisms of evolution: Grades 3-5] Advantageous features help living things survive. (LS4.B, LS4.C)
- [Mechanisms of evolution: Grades 3-5] Depending upon the environment, some living things will survive better than others. (LS4.B, LS4.C)
- Disciplinary Core Idea LS3.A : Inheritance of Traits
- Disciplinary Core Idea LS3.B: Variation of Traits
- Disciplinary Core Idea LS4.B: Natural Selection
- Disciplinary Core Idea LS4.C: Adaptation
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