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Activity Sheet Natural Selection

The document outlines a learning activity focused on natural selection, where students explore adaptations and the impact of limiting factors on species survival through a simulation. It includes sections for open exploration, data collection, and conclusions, prompting students to observe and record their findings about rabbit populations under various conditions. The activity encourages collaboration and critical thinking about the differences between simulations and real ecosystems.

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Activity Sheet Natural Selection

The document outlines a learning activity focused on natural selection, where students explore adaptations and the impact of limiting factors on species survival through a simulation. It includes sections for open exploration, data collection, and conclusions, prompting students to observe and record their findings about rabbit populations under various conditions. The activity encourages collaboration and critical thinking about the differences between simulations and real ecosystems.

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Natural Selection1

Student name: ____________________________________________________________

Learning goals:
● Identify adaptations that allow organisms to survive.
● Understand the relationship between limiting factors and mutations in the survival of
a species.

Open Exploration:
1. Play with the Natural Selection PhET simulation for a few minutes to find out how it
works. Below, describe what the simulation is about.

Data Collection:
1. Using the Intro screen, fill in the following table based on your observations:
Objective What actions did you take? How many generations did it take?

How can you get more


white rabbits?

How can you make 20


brown rabbits?

1
Activity adapted from Natural Selection (2021), published by Institución Universitaria Digital de Antioquia, and Natural Selection Lesson by Uteach (2012),
published by UTeach Middle School PhET Team. Activities under CC-BY4.0 license. Make a copy of this sheet as a Google Doc.
2. What conditions lead to the stabilization of the rabbit population?

3. What conditions cause the rabbits to “take over” the world?

4. What conditions lead to the death of all rabbits?

5. In the Lab screen, Explore the mutations and environmental factors to


determine which may be advantageous for a given selection factor. Record
your experiments and observations in the table below:

Get the rabbit community to survive Experiments and observations:


situations such as:

Wolf attacks

Tough food
Limited food

Wolf attacks and limited food

Share your answers with other teams.

Conclusions
Individually answer these questions:

6. Simulations are useful for understanding how natural processes work, but they are
not always representative of the real world. In what way does this simulation differ
from what could happen in a real ecosystem (How is this simulation different from
what could happen in a real ecosystem)?

7. Using your own words and examples from the simulation, fill in the following term
definitions table regarding natural selection:

Word Definition Simulation Example

Mutation

Adaptation
Environmental
Factors

Generation

Natural Selection

After answering, please share your answers with your team.

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