Chickadee Foraging Frenzy: A Natural Selection Memory Game

Warming temperatures are shifting chickadee species and hybrids northward. Explore how climate change impacts chickadee hybridization and natural selection, modeling species adaptation and environmental influence through a foraging simulation. 

Related resources

• Video: Foraging Frenzy Game Overview
• Worksheet: Chickadee Foraging Frenzy
• Handout: Foraging Frenzy Game
• Class Data Sheet: Chickadee Foraging Frenzy
• Quiz: Chickadees, Climate, and Evolution
• Pathway: Hybrid Zones

Topics

• HS-LS4-5
• HS-LS4-4
• HS-LS2-8
• HS-LS2-2
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.8.1
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.2
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.7
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.3
• natural selection
• adaptation
• hybridization
• climate change
• environmental science
• chickadee