Evolution & Natural Selection Stations Activities – Editable & Google Slides™

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These natural selection stations are perfect for middle school science! Do you need differentiated Natural Selection & Evolution Squares stations activities for your reproduction unit? Perfect for a middle school Life science class. This resource will help you reach and assess your students in a multitude of ways. This resource includes 7 stations with minimal prep involved. There is a printable version, editable PowerPoint version and a Digital Google Slides™ version that will help you save on time and paper!

The 7 types of Heredity and Inheritance Stations Activities include:

1. Discover – Students will research real-world application of evolution and natural selection.

2. Observe – Students will observe rock strata.

3. Experiment – Students will explore bird beak types with beans and common tools.

4. Write – Students will explain their answers to questions in 2-3 sentences.

5. Create – Students will create a comic strip that describes how a species evolves.

6. Sort – Students will sort landmasses with images of species and discuss how continental drift and evolution relate.

7. Quiz – Students will answer a mix of 8 true/false, multiple choice and short answer questions.

*Each station should take students between 8-10 minutes to complete.*

This resource includes:

• Digital Google Slides™ link to perform stations online.
• Printable version of stations in color and black/white
• Editable PowerPoint version of stations.

Content covered:

⭐ Charles Darwin

⭐ Theory of Evolution

⭐ Natural Selection

⭐ Variations and Types of Adaptations

⭐ Extinction

⭐ Homologous, Analogous and Vestigial Structures

⭐ Developmental Biology (Embryos) as

⭐ Evidence for evolution

⭐Molecular biology (DNA) as evidence for Evolution

⭐ Types of Fossils

⭐ Geologic Time Scale

⭐ Absolute vs Relative Dating

*Please note that the instructions for stations are editable but clip art, special fonts and formatting are not.*

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