I sailed to the Galapagos,

islands
My ship was the Beagle
and my theories have led
to controversy!
Beagle

Finch

Galapag
os

Who am
I?

By the end of the lesson ALL students should be

able to:
Travel around the Galapagos islands then investigate
and draw finch beaks using food source on the island

By the end of the lesson MOST students should be

able
to:

Recognise that the beak shapes are varied on different

islands depending on the type of food available
By the end of the lesson SOME students should be
able to:
Explain using keywords given how the beak shapes have
evolved over the years

Evolutio
n

Evolution is...

... how plants and animals have

adapted to survive in their environment
over many years. This may mean that
the way they look or behave has
changed to help them suit their

Where are the Galapagos

islands?

GALAPAGOS

Our journey around the Galapagos

islands
We will follow in the footsteps of Charles Darwin. You
will travel around 4 islands. These are called
Santa Cruz island
Pinta island
Fernandina island
Santiago island
On your worksheet write down the food supply on the
island. Use the 4 different instruments on your island
to pick up the food. These instruments represent beak
shape of finches. Draw the shape of the beak you
think each finch has got!
EXTENSION ACTIVITY if completed

WHICH FINCH BELONGS TO WHICH

ISLAND?

PINTA ISLAND. WIDE TO

EAT LARGE FRUIT

SANTA CRUZ ISLAND. JUST

WIDE ENOUGH TO PICK UP
WORMS

FERNANDINO ISLAND.
SIIMILAR SHAPE BUT
SMALLER FOR SMALL
FRUIT

FINE POINT TO PICK

UP SEEDS

WHAT WAS DARWINS

THEORY?
1. Variation in species

2. Far too many young are produced so there

is a competition for food water and those
best adapted will survive survival of the
fittest

3. Those that survive pass on genes (in

nucleus)
4. Over millions of years it may lead to a
new species. Less adapted may become
extinct

5. Sometimes mutations (change in the DNA

can occurcan be advantage or
disadvantage)

Evolution of the blob game!

YOU ARE A BLOB. YOU WILL SLOWLY
EVOLVE. LETS SEE IF YOU SURVIVE

Your environment has

changed...
Either:Flap your arms to represent wings
Wave a fin over your head to swin
Stamp your feet to represent speed

 YOUR ENVRONMENT WAS THE

OCEAN. ALL THE FINS SURVIVE. YOU
ARE NOW A BLOB WITH FINS

Your environment has changed....

Choose a colour you want to be: GREEN
YELLOW
BLUE

 THE ENVIRONMENT WAS SEAWEED.

IF YOU ARE GREEN YOU SURVIVED
DUE TO YOUR CAMOUFLAGE

Your environment has

changed...
Either
Make goggles with your hands to
represent excellent vision
Pull your cheeks to represent sense
of vibrations
Cup your ears to represent great
hearing

 YOUR ENVIRONMENT IS THE SEABED!

EVERYONE WITH GOGGLES SIT
DOWN AS YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE
TO SEE DOWN THERE...
VIBRATIONS AND HEARING WOULD
SURVIVE..
WELL DONE YOU SURVIVED!!