Summary
You’ve heard about it, now learn about it! In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby explain the details of natural selection (and with natural selection, it’s all in the details)! You’ll see how both environmental factors and mutations in an organism’s genetic material lead to natural selection doing its thing. You can also discover out how natural selection is related to evolution and what the term “survival of the fittest” means. And, you’ll find out how all life on Earth is connected, thanks to natural selection. It’s so naturally awesome!
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Discussion questions
A few questions to talk through after watching Natural Selection:
- What is one new thing you learned about natural selection?
- Can you explain it to a partner in your own words?
- Where might you see this in the real world?
- What is one question you still have?
Quick work-a-long
Try it:
- Write one sentence explaining natural selection.
- Draw or give one example of your own.