Natural Selection in Populations Lesson Plan

Natural Selection in Populations

Download: Multimedia

Publisher: Published by EDC

Type: Multimedia

Grade Level: High School

Time Length: 60 minutes

Summary: Students change the beak size and precipitation parameters and watch how populations of finches survive and thrive or die off based upon their adaptations. Good animation for students to see how natural selection works with populations.

Standards: California - 7a. Students know why natural selection acts on the phenotype rather than the genotype of an organism.

Updated Date 10/01/11
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