The Great Bean Hunt Lab Activity

500 kidney beans 500 white beans 500 black beans 500 pinto beans Meet the Prey 500 kidney beans 500 white beans 500 black beans 500 pinto beans

The Habitat

Meet the Predators

5 minutes

Why? What’s the point? Natural selection should act on the prey and start to eliminate those who are not adapted to the front lawn…survival of the fittest! Natural selection should act on the predators and start to eliminate those who are not adapted to the front lawn…survival of the fittest!

Homework Write an Introduction: You will eventually write an entire lab report. The “introduction” has four subsections. Be sure to label and separate each subsection. The following questions should be answered in paragraph form using your best writing skills. Purpose: In your own words describe what you believe is the purpose of this lab in a clear and concise manner. Background Information: Define Natural Selection Define Adaptation Give an example of a real-life adaptation and explain how it aids in the survival of that organism. Define Predator Define Prey Problem Question: State your problem question you choose to answer. There are 4 problems questions to choose from. Pick 1 only. Hypothesis: State your hypothesis (answer to your problem question).There is no penalty if your hypothesis turns out to be wrong, but must be written as an “If…then” statement.