Have students color butterflies then cut them out give them a short period of time (8-10 minutes to complete). Next, one group of students place thier butterflies around the room in plain sight and another group of students then โeatsโ as many as they can find in 20 seconds. This shows students exactly how Natural Selection happens in nature. This will then lead into the Rock Pocket Mouse.
Vocabulary: * mutation * genes * evolution * ecosystem * natural selection * adaptations * species * organism * population
Students will get on https://www.onezoom.org/ and investigate rodents and their success/stuggles. Investigate Wyoming animals.
The Mouse Hunter computer activity
Mouse cards on light/dark background
Wkst. How can Evolution be observed in mouse populations?
Natural Selection - Darwin reading/wkst, data, extension to lesson