COLEGIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIO

SCIENCE BILINGUAL DEPARTMENT

CLASS EXPERIENCE # 3b. DARWIN’S THEORY – NATURAL SELECTION
TEACHER: YADIR MAURICIO PRIETO PRIETO

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OBJECTIVE: To understand the main claims regarding the Natural Selection theory through a class experience.

ANSWER SHEET

PART I (EITHER BIG OR SMALL M & M)

1. Read the following question and write your own hypothesis: Which color of M&M will have the highest chance of
survival? Why?
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2. Complete the following table

M&M Color Total N° Selected (eaten) N° left (survived) Survival (%)

PART II (BIG - SMALL M & M)

1. Read the following question and write your own hypothesis: Which color and size of M&M will have the highest
chance of survival? Why?

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2. Complete the following table

M&M N° left
Total Size N° Selected (eaten) Survival (%)
Color (survived)
Based on your results, please answer the following questions:

a) Make a graph to represent your results for the experiment.

PART I PART II (Please include both sizes for each color)

b) In each part, which color had the highest and lowest percentage of survival? Read your hypothesis and
determine if it is correct or not

PART I:
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PART II:
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c) Do you think color affects the number of eaten and survived candies? Explain
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d) At the end of the exercise, which phenotype survived the most? Explain.
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