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Put the definition of natural selection in your own words. What does it mean? Turn in your storybook at the end of the
day to be reviewed. Hand out a planning card the second day.
15.13 Describe the conditions for natural selection including: overproduction of offspring, inherited variation, and the
struggle to survive, which result in differential reproductive success. (ASSSESSED ON BIOLOGY EOC)
15.14 (ASSESSED ON 15.3) Discuss mechanisms of evolutionary change other than natural selection such as genetic drift
and gene flow.
Natural Selection Storybook Project
100pts
You will create a draft and final version of a children’s storybook to help illustrate the process of natural selection (a
mechanism for evolution). This will help to illustrate your understanding of how natural selection works. We will be
presenting these projects briefly ( a few minutes apiece).
Natural Selection is the central theme in evolution and explains how organisms adapt to their environments and how
variations can give rise to adaptations within a species. Natural selection is not the only mechanism of evolution
population genetics, genetic drift, gene flow, nonrandom mating, mutation, natural selection.
What are the four principles of natural selection? P.421
Variation
Heritability – have to be able to be inherited
Overproduction- produce more offspring than can survive
Reproductive advantage- some possess
Title
At least 6 pages of wording and illustrations.
Color
Effort
Rough draft with rough sketches
Final draft with final sketches