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These eight evolution stations focus on how populations change over time and the evidence that supports evolutionary theory. Students explore evolution through hands-on activities, data analysis, and card sorts.
This evolution stations activity is a fun way to get students moving, collaborating, and learning in a variety of meaningful ways while reinforcing key concepts about evolution.
Through hands-on stations, students explore natural selection, genetic drift, gene flow, speciation, and multiple lines of evidence for evolution, helping them make sense of how populations change over time.
Perfect as a standalone evolution lesson or as part of my growing biology lab stations bundle - on sale now!
⭐️ Evolution Stations Overview:
Station 1: Natural Selection & Antibiotic Resistance
Students analyze a graph showing changes in antibiotic-resistant bacteria over time and explain how natural selection causes traits to become more common in a population.
Station 2: Comparative Anatomy
Students sort structure cards into homologous, analogous, and vestigial categories to identify evidence of common ancestry and evolutionary change.
Station 3: Bird Beak Adaptations
Students use different tools to model bird beaks, collect “food,” and determine which beak has the highest fitness in a given environment.
Station 4: Comparative Embryology
Students examine images of vertebrate embryos at different stages of development and identify similarities that support common ancestry.
Station 5: Molecular Biology
Students compare DNA sequences by highlighting matching bases to determine which organisms are most closely related.
Station 6: Patterns of Evolution
Students sort scenario cards to identify patterns of evolution, including divergent evolution, convergent evolution, adaptive radiation, and coevolution.
Station 7: Genetic Drift & Gene Flow
Students use beans to model allele frequencies and observe how random events and migration can change populations over time.
Station 8: Speciation
Students analyze reproductive isolation scenarios and sort them by type to explain how new species can form.
⭐️ Minimal Materials & Easy Prep
- With the included teacher's guide and lesson plan, you will receive a stations overview page with each station's overview and necessary materials needed to be placed at each station. You do not need station signage because each station card is clearly marked with the station number and name.
- You only need two different colors of dried beans (one bag will work for all classes), two cups, one plate, and three objects to use as beaks (tweezers, plastic spoon, plastic fork, etc.) Everything else is included!
Perfect for engaging students before exploring a unit, as a formative check within a unit, or as an in-depth review! Your download includes eight editable stations, editable student handouts, a helpful teacher's guide, answer key, and a link to the Google Slides version of the activity.
⭐️ Your Evolution Stations Download Includes:
- Evolution Stations Cards (text-editable PPT and PDF)
- Student Answer Sheet (text-editable PPT and PDF)
- Teacher's Guide and Lesson Plan
- Original Content, Diagrams, Card Sorts, and Activities
- Answer Key
- Google Slides Version of the Activity
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❤️ MORE FUN EVOLUTION ACTIVITIES ❤️
⭐ EVOLUTION ⭐
• Evolution Bundle - Growing Discount Bundle
• Evidence of Evolution Reading Comprehension
• Evolution Assessments and Question Bank
• Evolution Graphic Organizer and Worksheets
• Evolution PowerPoint, Notes, Assessment, and Kahoot
• Patterns of Evolution Webquest
• Biochemical Evidence of Evolution Webquest
• Evolution Amoeba Sisters Video Handout Worksheet
⭐ NATURAL SELECTION ⭐
• Natural Selection in Peppered Moths Lab: Reading, Color, and Camouflage Activity
• Natural Selection Webquest - Who Wants to Live a Million Years Game
• Natural Selection Reading Comprehension and Worksheets
• Natural Selection Amoeba Sisters Video Handout
• Peppered Moth Natural Selection Webquest
⭐ GENETIC DRIFT ⭐
• Genetic Drift Lab with Founder Effect, Bottleneck Effect, and Gene Flow
• Genetic Drift Reading Comprehension and Worksheets
⭐ SPECIATION ⭐
• Speciation Amoeba Sisters Video Handout
• Speciation Reading Comprehension and Worksheets
Science Is Real! Terms of Use (TOU):
By purchasing this product, you own a license for one teacher only for personal use in their own classroom. Licenses are non-transferable and therefore cannot be passed from one teacher to another. If the teacher who purchased this license leaves the classroom or changes schools, the license and materials leave with that teacher. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire team, grade level, school or district without purchasing the correct number of licenses. Please note - all material included in this resource belongs to Ana Catts. By purchasing, you have a license to use the material, but you do not own the material. You may not upload any portion of this resource to the internet in any format, including school/personal websites or network drives unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students, not other teachers or anyone else on the internet. Purchase of the product is for single classroom use by the purchaser only. It is a violation for individuals, schools, and districts to redistribute, edit, sell, or post this item on the public Internet or to other individuals. Disregarding the copyright is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and subject to legal action. By purchasing this product you acknowledge that you have read and understood the Terms of Use.
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These eight evolution stations focus on how populations change over time and the evidence that supports evolutionary theory. Students explore evolution through hands-on activities, data analysis, and card sorts.
This evolution stations activity is a fun way to get students moving, collaborating, and learning in a variety of meaningful ways while reinforcing key concepts about evolution.
Through hands-on stations, students explore natural selection, genetic drift, gene flow, speciation, and multiple lines of evidence for evolution, helping them make sense of how populations change over time.
Perfect as a standalone evolution lesson or as part of my growing biology lab stations bundle - on sale now!
⭐️ Evolution Stations Overview:
Station 1: Natural Selection & Antibiotic Resistance
Students analyze a graph showing changes in antibiotic-resistant bacteria over time and explain how natural selection causes traits to become more common in a population.
Station 2: Comparative Anatomy
Students sort structure cards into homologous, analogous, and vestigial categories to identify evidence of common ancestry and evolutionary change.
Station 3: Bird Beak Adaptations
Students use different tools to model bird beaks, collect “food,” and determine which beak has the highest fitness in a given environment.
Station 4: Comparative Embryology
Students examine images of vertebrate embryos at different stages of development and identify similarities that support common ancestry.
Station 5: Molecular Biology
Students compare DNA sequences by highlighting matching bases to determine which organisms are most closely related.
Station 6: Patterns of Evolution
Students sort scenario cards to identify patterns of evolution, including divergent evolution, convergent evolution, adaptive radiation, and coevolution.
Station 7: Genetic Drift & Gene Flow
Students use beans to model allele frequencies and observe how random events and migration can change populations over time.
Station 8: Speciation
Students analyze reproductive isolation scenarios and sort them by type to explain how new species can form.
⭐️ Minimal Materials & Easy Prep
- With the included teacher's guide and lesson plan, you will receive a stations overview page with each station's overview and necessary materials needed to be placed at each station. You do not need station signage because each station card is clearly marked with the station number and name.
- You only need two different colors of dried beans (one bag will work for all classes), two cups, one plate, and three objects to use as beaks (tweezers, plastic spoon, plastic fork, etc.) Everything else is included!
Perfect for engaging students before exploring a unit, as a formative check within a unit, or as an in-depth review! Your download includes eight editable stations, editable student handouts, a helpful teacher's guide, answer key, and a link to the Google Slides version of the activity.
⭐️ Your Evolution Stations Download Includes:
- Evolution Stations Cards (text-editable PPT and PDF)
- Student Answer Sheet (text-editable PPT and PDF)
- Teacher's Guide and Lesson Plan
- Original Content, Diagrams, Card Sorts, and Activities
- Answer Key
- Google Slides Version of the Activity
⭐ You may also like ...
• Biology Stations Labs Growing Discount Bundle
• Evolution Bundle - Growing Discount Bundle
• Peppered Moths Lab: Reading, Color, and Camouflage Activity
❤️ CLICK TO FOLLOW SCIENCE IS REAL!
⭐️ Connect with Me!
❤️ MORE FUN EVOLUTION ACTIVITIES ❤️
⭐ EVOLUTION ⭐
• Evolution Bundle - Growing Discount Bundle
• Evidence of Evolution Reading Comprehension
• Evolution Assessments and Question Bank
• Evolution Graphic Organizer and Worksheets
• Evolution PowerPoint, Notes, Assessment, and Kahoot
• Patterns of Evolution Webquest
• Biochemical Evidence of Evolution Webquest
• Evolution Amoeba Sisters Video Handout Worksheet
⭐ NATURAL SELECTION ⭐
• Natural Selection in Peppered Moths Lab: Reading, Color, and Camouflage Activity
• Natural Selection Webquest - Who Wants to Live a Million Years Game
• Natural Selection Reading Comprehension and Worksheets
• Natural Selection Amoeba Sisters Video Handout
• Peppered Moth Natural Selection Webquest
⭐ GENETIC DRIFT ⭐
• Genetic Drift Lab with Founder Effect, Bottleneck Effect, and Gene Flow
• Genetic Drift Reading Comprehension and Worksheets
⭐ SPECIATION ⭐
• Speciation Amoeba Sisters Video Handout
• Speciation Reading Comprehension and Worksheets
Science Is Real! Terms of Use (TOU):
By purchasing this product, you own a license for one teacher only for personal use in their own classroom. Licenses are non-transferable and therefore cannot be passed from one teacher to another. If the teacher who purchased this license leaves the classroom or changes schools, the license and materials leave with that teacher. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire team, grade level, school or district without purchasing the correct number of licenses. Please note - all material included in this resource belongs to Ana Catts. By purchasing, you have a license to use the material, but you do not own the material. You may not upload any portion of this resource to the internet in any format, including school/personal websites or network drives unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students, not other teachers or anyone else on the internet. Purchase of the product is for single classroom use by the purchaser only. It is a violation for individuals, schools, and districts to redistribute, edit, sell, or post this item on the public Internet or to other individuals. Disregarding the copyright is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and subject to legal action. By purchasing this product you acknowledge that you have read and understood the Terms of Use.
HAPPY SCIENCING!
❤️ CLICK TO FOLLOW SCIENCE IS REAL!
⭐️ Connect with Me!
