Natural selection occurs when an individual’s characteristics for survival is selected by the environment.
“Survival of the fittest!!”
Visit link, click on “What Darwin Saw” tab and write a timeline of Darwin’s time on Galapagos Island.
Darwin's Theory of Evolution states evolution occurs via Natural Selection based on these four principles:
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“Survival of the fittest!!”
Visit link, click on “What Darwin Saw” tab and write a timeline of Darwin’s time on Galapagos Island.
Darwin's Theory of Evolution states evolution occurs via Natural Selection based on these four principles:
- Members of one species are not identical. There’s variation between each individual
- Variation occurs because individuals have differences in their genes
- Individuals with favourable traits will best suit the environment and they are more likely to survive and reproduce
- Successful genes are favourable to the environment and will be passed from parent to offspring
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Access the website below and work through the task in groups of 2-3 people
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/education/online-resources/webquests/webquest.php?webquest_id=7&partner_id=hist
Play a game that models the role of natural selection in evolution
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/evolution/what-is-evolution/natural-selection-game/the-evolution-experience.html
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/education/online-resources/webquests/webquest.php?webquest_id=7&partner_id=hist
Play a game that models the role of natural selection in evolution
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/evolution/what-is-evolution/natural-selection-game/the-evolution-experience.html
Darwin's Finches
Look at the below site for information on Darwin's Finches
http://evolution.about.com/od/Darwin/a/Charles-Darwins-Finches.htm Try to sort out finch species that lives in the Galapagos Islands based on their song and appearance http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/sorting-finch-species |