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Classification Line-up
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This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can use it to organize an interactive model for learning the classification system (taxonomy) of living things.

Candy Dish Natural Selection
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In this yummy biology activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners participate in a demonstration of natural selection.

Mapping Mockingbirds
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This lesson plan revolves around studying the speciation of the Galápagos mockingbirds, which are on display at the California Academy of Sciences.

Measuring Biodiversity
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Learners use a variety of beans to represent a variety of species, and scatter these beans over a large piece of paper representing the environment.

Tree Trunk Diameter to Branch Height Relationship
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In this activity (located on page 2 of the PDF under GPS: Temperate Rain Forest Activity), learners will identify a group of deciduous trees to study.

Web of Life Game
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In this game, learners each represent a different organism in an environment. They build a web during the activity, and discover how all the players in an ecosystem depend on each other.

Fish Mouths
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This activity (page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: California Fish) is a full inquiry investigation into environmental adaptation.