This lesson recaps what you have already found out about Darwin and gives you more information about his studies:

  https://www.thenational.academy/year-6/foundation/what-is-the-theory-of-evolution-year-6-wk1-3/

Now have a read about what Darwin discovered about Finches on the Galapagos Islands:

BATTLE OF THE BEAKS!

Battle of the beaks - a game which will represent Darwin’s finches. (Fun for all the family!)

• Each person needs a different piece of equipment which will represent a range of different bird’s beaks e.g. bulldog clip, tweezers, clothes pegs etc.
• Then you must find some different items of food to have a go picking up with your variety of ‘beaks’ e.g. seeds, frozen peas, sweetcorn, berries, pieces of pasta (to represent insects!) etc.
• Once you’ve set up, start a timer of sixty seconds and see how many items of food your ‘beak’ can pick up and place on a plate (and no, you cannot count the items that you dropped!). Whoever has the most has ‘survived and thrived’.
• Discuss which ‘beak’ was the most successful at picking up the food and why that might be.

Or you can do this investigation on your own:

Now, can you work out which bird lived on which island?  You will need your best detective skills here!