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In this activity, learners examine how brine shrimp populations can survive in some of the harshest environments.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this outdoor archaeology activity, learners use mathematical skills and scientific inquiry to generate and process information from their own excavation site.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 7 days
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Professor John Endler traveled to Trinidad in the 1970s to study wild guppies. In this activity, learners take part in an online simulation of Endler's work.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (6th on the page), learners investigate how photoreceptors in the eye (rods and cones) "adapt" to low light conditions.

free Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners observe live fish in tanks to consider how their body structures are related to their behaviors and habitats.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

free Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this outdoor, sunny day activity, learners experiment with paper leaf models to discover how some desert plants conserve water.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this group activity, learners will mark important developments of life on Earth on a timeline (each foot in length representing 200 million years).

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - adult 45 to 60 minutes
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In order to examine the random nature of mutations and natural selection, learners "breed" clutches of Egyptian Origami Birds (Avis papyrus) using random number generators (dice and coins) to mutate s

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this classic activity, learners investigate natural selection by becoming birds foraging for food on an island.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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This is an outdoor activity designed to demonstrate evolution of feeding behavior in flocking, schooling or herding animals that maximizes allocation of food resources and enhances survival.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this online interactive, learners use fossils to infer temperatures 55 million years ago, at the sites where the fossils were found.

free Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners are challenged to design a planktonic organism that will neither float like a cork nor sink like a stone.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners model directed evolution by making paper fly. Learners construct and fly paper airplanes.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will examine a variety of seeds, describe them, and determine how they are dispersed.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners cut out and assemble wheels to explore how variations in fish body structures (mouth shape/position/teeth, body shape, tail shape, and coloration patterns) allow fish to sur

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this simulation of natural selection, learners use binder clips in three different sizes to represent the diversity of beak sizes in a bird population.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this interactive activity, learners analyze seashells to explore phylogeny and evolution. Learners identify similar and dissimilar seashells to create a phylogenetic tree.

free Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this two-part activity, learners investigate buoyancy, density and surface area as well as biodiversity and the relationship between the structure and function of organisms.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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Exponga estos pósteres en el salón o déjelos donde los chicos los puedan explorar. Los chicos buscan las respuestas en libros de consulta o en línea.

free Ages 6 - adult Under 5 minutes