Procedure POLLUTION & EVOLUTION Main Objective: Benefits of biking 2. Show them both types of “moths,” Activity: represented by paper circles made by a hole Moth Natural Selection puncher. Introduction: Students role play birds hunting for both moths in a regular and polluted environment. Counting each number of prey, survival 3. Sprinkle both types of “moths” rates are compared between the on both environments. peppered and black in the regular and polluted environments. 1. Show students the two that the moths were “environments” found in, normal tree bark (newspaper) and soot-covered bark (black construction paper).
Procedure Main Objective: Benefits of biking POLLUTION & EVOLUTION Activity: Moth Natural Selection Introduction: Students role play birds hunting for both moths in a regular and polluted environment. Counting each number of prey, survival rates are compared between the peppered and black in the regular and polluted environments. 1. Show students the two “environments” that the moths were found in, normal tree bark (newspaper) and soot-covered bark (black construction paper). 2. Show them both types of “moths,” represented by paper circles made by a hole puncher. 3. Sprinkle both types of “moths” on both environments.
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