Life Science Adaptations

Adaptations and Natural Selection Lesson and Activity

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Adaptations and natural selection is a topic taught in middle school classrooms everywhere. Adaptations are what helps organisms so survive in their environment. This interactive lesson engages students in learning about this in a fun way!

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Adaptations and natural selection is a topic taught in middle school classrooms everywhere. Adaptations are what helps organisms so survive in their environment. This interactive lesson engages students in learning about this in a fun way!

 

 

 

Interactive lessons help students learn material without all of the overwhelm! It breaks content down into chunks so that students have a chance to process information before moving on.

 

This interactive lesson is no exception! It’s fun, engaging, and helps students retain the information.

 

A print and digital version is included!

 

Adaptations and Natural Selection Lesson Covers:

  • natural selection
  • main points of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
  • extinction
  • variation
  • inherited and acquired traits
  • mutations
  • genetic diversity
  • favored traits
  • biological fitness
  • anatomical adaptations and examples
  • camouflage and mimicry
  • physiological adaptations and examples
  • behavioral adaptations and examples
  • strange adaptations
  • speciation
  • and more!

 

Adaptations and Natural Selection Interactive Activities Include:

  • four corners vocabulary
  • drag-and-drop
  • type in the text box
  • KWL
  • exploring outside videos
  • and more!

 

There are 43 slides in all and an answer key is included!

 

When you purchase this product, you will be given access to a link that will allow you to open the file in Google Slides. You will then be able to share this with your students. If you’d like, there is a PPT version as well!