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- 11th
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Students investigate a variety of animals and begin to explain the interaction of plants and animals in a forest ecosystem. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students research different types of endangered animals around the world and their habitats. They analyze the issues causing these animals to become endangered and possibly extinct. They create possible solutions to help conserve the animal populations and habitats. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the various ways in which natural populations maintain equilibrium and relate this equilibrium to the resources limits of an ecosystem. They construct and or interpret graphs of population dynamics. Students explore the technologies used to study biotic and abiotic componetnts of ecosystems. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students read books about endangered animals. Using Kidspiration software, students create a presentation illustrating the plight of endangered animals. They identify problems, develop a graphic organizer, and explain the origin of each problem that the animal faces. Students examine common themes related to each animals problem of endangerment. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students create animal print casts from molds in the classroom. They use the cast patterns to identify animal prints on a field trip in which they locate animal tracks, identify the location with GPS and create field casts of the prints. They use this data to estimate animal populations in the area. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify some of the most important native and introduced species of animals in the United States. They describe how animals populations of cities have changed over time, outline the benefits and problems associated with animals of cities, and identify the government agencies that deal with animal-related problems. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students, in groups, conduct research, including interviews of people in various animal related occupations, to identify and describe how animal populations of cities have changed over time, to outline the benefits and problems associated with animals of cities, and to identify the government agencies that deal with animal-related problems. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the difference between endangered wild animals and overpopulated companion animals. They read the book, Wolves in Yellowstone, and discuss why wolves are endangered and why companion animals have an overpopulation problem. Students write a report about the two situations and compare and contrast them. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students examine the effects of various management strategies on the size of wildlife populations. Each student simulates the management of an animal population in a card game, graphs the results of the wildlife game, and participate in a class discussion of the game results. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students perform an experiment using a jar and different colors of beans. They remove ten white beans from a jar and replace them with ten red beans. Students shake the jar and perform a population sampling exercise computing the ratio of red to total beans in each sample. Students compare this to field samples from wild life scientists. Full Review »
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