NATURAL SELECTION
A 5E Model Presentation
Presenter: Sonia Obregon
Email: sonia.obregon@nisd.net
Website: livingproofscience.weebly.com
Phone: 210-397-1000
Twitter: @inlivingproof
TEKS 8.11C
explore how short and long-term environmental changes affect organisms and traits in subsequent populations
Engage
Butterfly Activity
Students will color and camouflage butterflies across the room. Throughout the day, students from other classes will be given instructions to stand in the middle of the room and within 10 seconds, identify the butterflies by tagging them with a post it note. Butterflies that were not tagged are the "survivors".
Explore
Natural Selection Lab
Students explored the concept of natural selection by pretending to be a predator capturing "peppered moths" which are represented by black or white beans. These beans will be scattered on a black background and the predator will use an eye patch with only a tiny hole from which to look out of. We made the activity more interesting by turning all the classroom lights off as they captured their moths!
Natural Selection Lab
Explain
Elaborate
Extend
Evaluate
Student Evaluation
Student evaluation consists of creation of a Natural Selection Cartoon Strip and a Kahoot It! Quiz!!:)