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In this activity (Page 30 of PDF), learners investigate the evolution of wheat by conducting sedimentation tests on different flours.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this yummy biology activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners participate in a demonstration of natural selection.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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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 creativity-based activity, learners imagine what the Earth will look like in the near and distant future, then design their own future habitat and creatures that may live there.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 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 engineering design challenge, learners build an octopus-inspired suction pad that can grab an object and hold it tightly in the air.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 4 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity (p.7-8 of PDF), learners examine fossil formation.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners play an evolution card game to see how selective pressures can affect an organism's evolution.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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This activity (on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Biodiversity Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into biodiversity.

free Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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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 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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Learners model the processes that formed some of Earth's largest mountain ranges: the Himalayas, the Andes, and the Alps.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 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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This activity provides a hands-on experience with a scale model, a relatively high viscosity fluid, and feeding behaviors.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 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 engineering design challenge, learners make a bird and then control its flight with attached strings.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 1 to 2 hours