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In the first activity, students hypothesize and discuss why animals have certain traits, then use the fossil record to examine how the structure of a giraffe’s neck provides an adaptive function. In the second activity, students experience first-hand how different characteristics can provide an advantage to individuals by “eating” with distinct “beaks,” graph and analyze…
In the first activity, students play a game to explore how competition and ecosystem changes affect the survival of animal populations. In the second activity, students will explore how energy moves through a food chain using a card game. Through example ecosystems in the card game and the real life example of invasive feral hogs,…
In the first activity, students extract iron from cereal and consider why our foods have metals such as iron. Students investigate patient profiles and test results to diagnose patients. Through this activity they will learn about how iron is used in the body, the impacts of having too much or too little iron, and how…