Summary: Experience the process of adaptation and natural selection through this interactive activity!

Students will test out the efficiency of different “beaks” by acting as birds, collecting different types of food sources with different utensils. Students will be able to conclude the meaning of evolution and how genes and adaptations affect reproducibility and survival of species today. 

Iowa Common Core Standard(s): 2-LS4-1, 3-LS3-1-2, 3-LS4-2-3, 4-LS1-1


45 - 60
4, 5, 6, 7, 8

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