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Who Gets Eaten? A Study of Natural Selection Lesson PlanWho Gets Eaten? A Study of Natural Selection Lesson Plan
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Who Gets Eaten? A Study of Natural Selection

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Fourth graders represent a new predator on a population of colored worms. They mathematically determine the effect of the new predator on the survival and reproductive rates of the worms, simulating natural selection at work.

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4th
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Math
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