Natural Selection Stations
Natural Selection: Evolution Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhHOjC4oxh8
Objective: We will be able to summarize evolution by completing the video
guide with at least 90% accuracy
Materials: Computers, video guide
Directions:
1. Watch the video with your partner and fill out the video guide
2. Compare your answers with another person at your station
Natural Selection Stations
4 Points of Natural Selection Worksheet
Objective: We will be able to identify the ways that natural selection is working
in certain animals with at least 90% accuracy
Materials: Darwin’s 4 points of Natural Selection Worksheet
Directions:
1. Complete the worksheet titled Darwin’s 4 points of Natural
Selection.
2. Explain the four points of natural selection for each organism
shown on the sheet.
Natural Selection Stations
Is the Banana Going Extinct?
Objective: We will be able to comprehend the impact of selective breeding by
reading an article on the extinction of bananas with at least 90% accuracy.
Materials: Article and Worksheet on Bananas
Directions:
1. Answer the two questions on the top of the worksheet titled
Is the Banana Going Extinct?.
2. Read the article on the left and answer the questions on the
right.
3. The ANSWER to each question on the right side is located
in the box to its left.
Natural Selection Stations
Comic Strip on four steps of Natural Selection for giraffes
Objective: We will be able to illustrate the four steps of natural selection by
creating a comic strip on the evolution of giraffes with at least 90% accuracy.
Materials: Blank paper, markers
Directions:
1. DRAW four squares for a comic strip
2. TITLE your comic strip: “Four Steps of Natural Selection”
3. Create ONE square for each of the 4 steps of natural selection BELOW
for the evolution of giraffes.
4. At the bottom of each square, in your own words DESCRIBE what
happens in each step in the case of the giraffes.
Square 1: Genetic Variations: A group of organisms has variations, some variations are helpful and
others are harmful.
Square 2: Struggle to Survive: There is competition for resources. The organisms that have helpful
traits survive. The other organisms die.
Square 3: Adaptation: Certain traits help organisms to survive and reproduce.
Square 4: Survival of the Fittest: A species will change over millions of years so that all organisms have
fitness.
Natural Selection Stations
Wolf to Wolf: Evolution of Dogs
Objective: We will be able to apply our knowledge of natural selection to the
evolution of dogs by reading an article on the evolution of dogs with at least
90% accuracy.
Materials: Article and Worksheet on Wolf and Dog Evolution
Directions:
1. Read the article titled Wolf to Wolf: Evolution of Dogs.
2. Answer the questions on the back of the worksheet
Alternate Activity
1. Read ALL of Chapter 8: The Evolution of Living Things (page 176 to
page 193)
2. Answer every question in Chapter Review (page 196 and 197)