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Hands-on Activity

Top Design

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Summary
In this activity students will examine the relationships between the organisms within an ecosystem and how changes that affect one affect the others.
Overview
Topic: Top Design
Real World Science Topics:
  • An exploration of the relationship between people and their environment.
  • An exploration of how populations adapt to their environment.
  • An exploration of specific adaptations that benefit organisms in certain climates.
Objective
Students will gain an understanding of the complexity of an ecosystem, and the nature of adaptations by natural selection.

Activity Difficulty Rating: 1 Each hands-on science activity has been ranked based on difficulty of set up and how difficult they are to perform. The rating scale is from 1 to 5, with 1 being the easiest and 5 being the most complicated.