This Adaptations and Natural Selection Activity Pack includes 5 ready-to-use resources that help students explore how variations within a population can provide advantages or disadvantages for survival as environments change. Students investigate real-world examples of adaptations, traits, and natural selection to understand how species evolve and maintain population balance over time.

What’s Included:

• Sorting Relay: Students sort and identify examples of traits that can be beneficial or harmful for survival in different environments.
• Task Cards: 20 TEKS-aligned cards that review how variations and adaptations affect population survival.
• Google Slides & Notes: Interactive slides and guided notes explaining how environmental changes influence which traits are advantageous.
• Observation Stations: Six hands-on stations where students explore models of adaptation, variation, and survival.
• Science Article & Worksheet: A 2-page reading passage with comprehension questions that deepen understanding of adaptation and natural selection.

Perfect For:

• 5th–6th Grade Science
• TEKS 6.13C
• STAAR Review
• Stations, Partner Work, or Sub Plans

*This resource is not editable (PDF format).
Use activities in any order to fit your lesson sequence and classroom needs.