This document describes an experiment where students are put into groups and given M&Ms of different colors on construction paper of matching colors. Each group has 10 seconds to pick up and eat M&Ms using only their thumb and finger. After, students count what colors are left and should find that the color of M&M left matches the color of the paper it was on, demonstrating natural selection.

1. M&M Natural Selection

2. 20 M&Ms of each color
per class (about 100)
Construction paper of
various colors

3. Each group will get a
Students will be put certain amount of
into groups of about 6 M&Ms that will be on
different colored paper
Students will put one
Students will have 10
hand behind their backs
seconds to pick up and
while they can only use
eat as many M&Ms as
a thumb and one finger
they can
to grab the M&Ms.

4.  After the experiment, students will jot down
their findings of how many M&Ms are left of
each color.
 The instructor then asks each group which
colors are dominant on each color of paper
 The conclusion should be that the blues are
dominant on the blue page, greens on the green
page, browns on the brown page, and reds on
the red page, where a white page will have the
least of all.