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Grabbing a Bite to Eat
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  In this activity, learners perform an experiment that replicates the dilemma faced by birds in acquiring food from a confined area.
   
Natural Selection Because of Different Color: Camouflage
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  In this activity (p.5-6 of PDF), learners investigate natural selection. Learners discover that natural selection, which takes place over decades, can lead to altered populations within a species.
   
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.
   
Survival of the Fittest: Variations in the Clam Species Clamys sweetus
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  This guided inquiry three-part activity engages learners in thinking about the mechanism of natural selection by encouraging them to formulate questions that can be answered through scientific investi
   
Survival of the Fittest: Battling Beetles
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  This guided inquiry three-part activity engages learners in thinking about the mechanism of natural selection through data collection and pattern recognition.
  