You will have today in
class to complete this activity. Each person needs to turn in their own copy of
this sheet.
Part A:
Have some fun and play “Darwin ’s
Evolution Game” @ http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/darwin/darwin.html. Answer the questions as you are able to. Click on learn about natural selection to
start and then click through. Be sure you are answering the entire
question!!!!
1. What
does “survival of the fittest” mean?
2. What
does viable mean?
3. What
does diversity mean?
4. How
would you describe your starting environment?
What kinds of landforms are present?
What kind of vegetation is there?
Anything else that is noteworthy?
5. Draw
your 3 starting variants of your species and describe why you chose the ones
that you did in the table below. What
advantages did you think they might have over some of the other options?
Trial #1
Picture of variant
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Reason for choice
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How
long did your species survive? ____________
4.
Repeat the above until you
make it to 1,000,000 years!! Use
the table below to show the makeup of your variants when you were able to make
it to 1,000,000 years..
1,000,000 year Trial
Picture of variant
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Reason for choice
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5.
Once your species has succeeded, take the quiz on the site and write in a
statement to show a correct statement from that question. #1 is shown as an example:
1. Every species exhibits
variation.
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9.
No need to write here.
10.
11. What was the name of the guy
pictured on the right page?
