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Natural Selection (bunny) Lab

This lab activity aims to simulate the predator-prey dynamic between rabbits and mountain lions. Students will hypothesize about the structural and behavioral adaptations that might increase a rabbit's survival chances. After coloring and creating their rabbits, they will observe a timed predatory hunt by a 'mountain lion'. Data collected will include photos of surviving rabbits and the percentage of those that survived. In the conclusion, students will analyze the adaptations of their rabbits, assess survivor traits, and predict future generational changes in rabbit traits.

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Natural Selection (bunny) Lab

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  1. Natural Selection (bunny) Lab

  2. Problem • To simulate the natural predator/prey situation of rabbits and mountain lions.

  3. Hypothesis • What structural and behavioral adaptations do you think will be the most successful in our simulation?

  4. Procedure • Color your rabbit (if you want it to be white you still need to color it with a white colored pencil) • Other structural adaptations: cut it out, amount of tape (don’t use so much tape especially on my posters/paper/etc.) • Behavioral adaptations- hiding • Next day- predators have 20-30 sec. to hunt for rabbits

  5. Record Data • Photos of the survivors to study their successful traits • Percentage of rabbits who survived

  6. Conclusion 1. Describe your rabbit’s structural and behavioral adaptations. Also, write whether your rabbit survived or not. 2. Analyze the survivors of natural selection, what traits do you think they had that made them successful? 3. Explain what will happen with the next generation of rabbits. What traits will they have and why will they get those traits?

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