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ADI: Adaptive Coloration

ADI: Adaptive Coloration. How does protective coloration affect survival success from predators?. Examples:. Your Task:. You and your group will perform an investigation to determine the effect of an adaptation (protective coloration) on survival from predators. . Materials:.

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ADI: Adaptive Coloration

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  1. ADI: Adaptive Coloration How does protective coloration affect survival success from predators?

  2. Examples:

  3. Your Task: • You and your group will perform an investigation to determine the effect of an • adaptation (protective coloration) on survival from predators.

  4. Materials: Skittles-represents prey in varying colors in population Construction paper -represents different environments Predator Goggles Safety Precautions: determine if anyone in your group has any food allergies, all group members need clean hands. Do NOT wear predators goggles unless seated and performing your experiment.

  5. Procedure: Select one person to be your predator-this person will wear the goggles when during the experiment 2. Use blue, red, green and yellow environments (construction paper) 3. Place all skittles on one of the environments in a single layer 4. Predator will wear goggles and collect all the skittles they can in 15 seconds-timed by group members 5. After collection, group will count and record the skittle colors and numbers Repeat steps 3-5 for each color environment (construction paper) If time, repeat entire experiment with another predator.

  6. Hypothesis: Discuss with your group what you expect to find from your experiment and explain your reasoning

  7. Sample Data Table Predator Name ________________

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