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Name_________________________________________ #_______ Date__________________ Hour_______Snurfles!(50 point formative assessment)Unit Essential Question: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Lesson Question: How do traits affect an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce?Objective: Students will create a Snurfle with adaptations and test survival in several challenging island environments while learning about natural selection and evolution.Part I Directions: Get your assigned Chromebook and go to the blog and follow the link to the activity: . Click on “Start a New Game!”2. When asked are you using a touchscreen device like a phone or tablet? Choose “NO!”3. Read the Background Page; then click on “Tap or Click Here”.4. You should now be on the “Main Menu”; double click on the “Background!” button. 5. Read through the Background pages and fill in the blanks below. To advance the slide, click on “Tap Here!” at the bottom of each page.A. Evolution is genetic change in ________________ over time. _____________ _____________ is one of the mechanisms by which evolution occurs. B. In nature, ____________ offspring are produced than can survive.C. Organisms are ( alike / genetically different ). Circle answerD. _______________ are helpful genetic traits.E. Can organisms acquire adaptations during their lifetime? ( yes / no ) F. List two things that are limited in the environment and would therefore affect survival: ____________________ and __________________G. Who is more likely to survive and reproduce? Those with the best _________ for their __________.H. The more genes that an organisms passes on, the more ________________ it has.I. _____________ that are more beneficial become ( more / less ) common in a population over time._____teacher check-in6. You should now be back at the Main Menu page; double click on Play the game!7. Try to play the game without reviewing any rules or needed adaptations and see what happens. Use only the guidelines below: When choosing adaptations, it’ll cost you survival points! So choose wisely!Once on the island, you need to search out the fruit to eat. Each fruit is worth 10 survival points. You need to find a mate to produce offspring, but you’ll only be able to produce offspring if you have a more survival points earned than used at the end; more survival points = more offspring!Note that you need to use the arrow keys and space bar to move and jump.Once you feel you have explored enough and are ready to make a plan, check in with the teacher._____teacher check-inPart II Directions: Follow the steps below to make a survival plan:Now that you have visited the islands and have attempted to adapt and survive, you will make a survival plan using the chart below.Use the Adaptation Cheat Sheet and Island Cheat Sheet in the tub at your table to determine which adaptations are best suited for survival and reproduction at each island.IslandNameAdaptations Needed at this Island(filled out before you play)Reasons for Adaptations(filled out before you play)Explain if you survived and reproduced(filled out after you play)Fruity ParadiseAqua CavesDiverse IsleFrosty IslandLava CavesDesert IslandAerial IslandsPredator Island8. Use your survival plan (from the chart above) to visit the islands and to play the game again!_____teacher check-in9. Return to the Main Menu and double click on Take the Quiz!10. Take the quiz and record your overall score: __________Part III Directions: Answer the following questions using a restate:11. Which island needed the least amount of adaptations? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________12. Which island did you find to need the most adaptations? Why?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________13. What did you find to be the most beneficial adaptation overall? Why?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________14. What did you find to be the least beneficial adaptation overall? Why?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________15. What were some of the limiting factors that your Snurfle encountered during its lifetime? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________16. Explain why natural selection is sometimes referred to as “Survival of the Fittest”? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Adaptation Cheat SheetAdaptationDescription/PurposeLightning FeetAllows you to move faster by foot.Butterfly WingsAllows for slow flight.GillsAllows for underwater breathing.CamouflageAllows you to blend in with your environment and avoid predators when you stand still.Hang TimeStronger legs for extra jumping power; hold down the jump button to have super jumps!Warm Fur CoatHelps you stay warm in cold environments.Dragon WingsAllows for fast flight.Duck FeetAllows for faster swimming, but make climbing impossibleFire BreathBreathe fire to defend yourself from predators by pressing the fire buttonTurtle ShellProtect your back from predators! Press the down button to hide under your shell. Island Cheat SheetIsland NameEnvironment DescriptionFruity ParadiseLots of fruit and no predators!Aqua CavesAn underwater playground, or a death trap, depending on your adaptations.Diverse IsleSeveral challenges await your on diverse isle!Frosty IslandIt’s cold here! If you can’t stay warm, you won’t survive and reproduce!Lave CavesBeware falling rocks, lava flows, and food scarcity in the lava caves!Desert IslandIt’s hot and dry here on Desert Island! Also, food is SCARCE (limited)! Watch out for predators, too!Aerial IslandsFloating fruit abounds on these small islands, but can you get to it before the completion?Predator IslePredators lurk everywhere on this island! Pick adaptations to help you survive!The VortexThis mysterious vortex will transport you to one of the other islands. Will your Snurfle be adapted enough to survive? Since natural selection organisms CAN’T choose their traits to match the environment, this level simulates natural selection most realistically! ................
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