What is Natural Selection?
Background Information:
Natural selection is one of the basic mechanisms of evolution and
can be described as the process in which organisms that are
better adapted to their environment tend to survive and
reproduce more offspring. To understand Natural Selection, we
must also understand the concepts of descent with modification
and common descent. Descent with modification implies that
when reproduction occurs, there will be slight differences from
their parents due to random genetic mutations. Common descent
describes how a group of organisms share a most recent
ancestor.
Purpose:
To understand the evolution of organisms through natural
selection.
Required Materials:
• 1 piece of green paper
• 1 piece of beige paper
• 20 normal toothpicks
• 20 green toothpicks
• Stopwatch
• Tweezers
• Notebook
• Pencil
• Thin Bubble Wrap
