California Academy of Sciences: Mapping Mockingbirds
By solving a logic puzzle, students will learn about the speciation of the Galápagos mockingbirds, a group of birds which heavily influenced Darwin’s grand idea of evolution through natural selection.
With all of the necessary evidence provided, your students can practice reading and constructing a branching diagram showing the evolutionary relationships among this group of birds.
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The mission of the California Academy of Sciences is to explore, explain, and sustain life.
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By solving a logic puzzle, students will learn about the speciation of the Galápagos mockingbirds, a group of birds which heavily influenced Darwin’s grand idea of evolution through natural selection.
With all of the necessary evidence provided, your students can practice reading and constructing a branching diagram showing the evolutionary relationships among this group of birds.
Attached Files
The mission of the California Academy of Sciences is to explore, explain, and sustain life.
Here you’ll find short, lively activities to focus your class trip, or full-period lessons to integrate into your yearly curriculum.
What are you looking for?
Organization
Website URL
Type of Resource
Lesson Plan
PDF File
