Ventsy Yosifov Class 7b October 29, 2012 Modeling Natural Selection with Bird Beaks and Prey Problem:

How can I model natural selection of bird beaks and prey? Background: Thinkcentral and class room discussion. Hypothesis: None needed. Materials: As directed. Procedure: As directed. Data table: Beak with which Birds Get the Most Prey Beak type Toothpick Spatula Clothes Pin Prey 1 Popcorn 150 65 270 Prey 2 Gummy bears 96 39 34 Prey 3 Toffee candy 7 15 11 Prey 4 Mars bars 10 6 6 Prey 5 Lollipop 0 1 2

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(Valks)Heron-clothespin No prey pictures Conclusion: 1. The best overall beak was the toothpick because it caught the most gummy bears and the most mars bars. The toothpick had approximetly twice more mars bars and gummy bears than the people with the other beaks. So why are mars and gummy bears better? 2. During the lab experience we always used the same method. We had one parent hunting and the other one guarding. That is because if we had two parents hunting other groups would steal our food. We always tried getting mars bars and gummy bears because you could poke into them(we are the toothpick group). 3. The variations were advantageous. We stopped going for the lolipop and the tofee candy and concentrated on the mars bar and the gummy bears. We also learned that we could get cups of popcorn by getting the cup next to the wall and poking into it.

4. The spatula group could pick up alot of tofee candy and lolipops. The clothes pin could get alot of mars bars and popcorn. They got 270 pieces of popcorn. The toothpick people could get alota lot? of mars bars and gummy bears.

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