Focus on Standards & Assessment
Materials Needed, Preparation & Planning, Management Strategies
Intro
Activity
Why Study Predator - Prey interactions?
Activity
1
Observation
of a predator-prey interaction
Activity
2
What
makes a predator successful?
Research
Project
Designing a predator - prey experiment
Optional
Activity
Biological
Control vs. Pesticides
Case
Study
Rabbits
in Australia
Resource
Sheets
-Plant
Propogation
-Rearing
Aphids
-Eyelash
Brush
-Petri
Dish Habitat
-Sampling
Methods
-Observation
Check Sheet
-Sample
Rubric for Group Presentation
-One
Gallon Cage
-Predators
in the Environment Data Sheet
-Predation
Inquiry
-Green
lacewing Larval Mouthparts
-Chewing
Mouthparts
-Hemipteran
Mouthparts
Rearing
-Green
lacewing
-Ladybird
Beetle
-Big
eyed Bug
-Praying Mantid
-Aphids
-Fruit
Fly
Anatomy
-Green
lacewing
-Ladybird
Beetle
-Praying
Mantid
-Big
eyed Bug
Sample
Rubric for Group Presentation
Presentation Skills (30 points)
Speaks up, faces and addresses group (10 points)
1 (0 points)
Not at all 2 (4 points)
To some extent 3 (7 points)
Meets minimal expectations 4 (10 points)
Meets full expectations
Visuals enhance presentation (10 points)
1 (0 points)
Not at all 2 (4 points)
To some extent 3 (7 points)
Meets minimal expectations 4 (10 points)
Meets full expectations
Makes good use of the time available (10 points)
1 (0 points)
Not at all 2 (4 points)
To some extent 3 (7 points)
Meets minimal expectations 4 (10 points)
Meets full expectations
Content (70 points)
Provides evidence to support statements (40 points)
1 (0 points)
Not at all 2 (20 points)
To some extent 3 (30 points)
To a great extent 4 (40 points)
In all important and appropriate instances
Information is accurate (15 points)
1 (0 points)
Not at all 2 (5 points)
To some extent 3 (10 points)
To a great extent 4 (15 points)
In all instances
Provides enough background information so audience can form their own conclusions (15 points)
1 (0 points)
Not at all 2 (5 points)
To some extent 3 (10 points)
To a great extent 4 (15 points)
In all important and appropriate instances
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