Overview & Lesson Sequence

Focus on Standards & Assessment

Materials Needed, Preparation & Planning, Management Strategies

Background Info

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

References

Glossary

Suppliers

Resource Sheets

Enforcers Home

CISEO Home

Suppliers

Arbico
P.O. Box 4247 CRB
Tucson, AZ 85738-1247
800/827-2847
www.arbico.com
(lady beetles, lacewings, parasitoids and other biological control supplies)

Beneficial Insectary
14751 Oak Run Road
Oak Run, CA 96069
800/477-3715
www.insectary.com/
(green lacewings)

Berkshire Biological
264 Main Street
Westhampton, MA 01027
800/462-1382
www.berkshirebio.com
(pea aphids)

BioQuip Products
17803 LaSalle Avenue
Gardena, CA 90248
310/324-0620
www.bioquip.com
(general entomological equipment and books)

Carolina Biological Supply Co.
2700 York Road
P.O. Box 6010
Burlington, NC 27216-6010
800/334-5551
www.carolina.com
(general science equipment and live insects)

Delta Education
P.O. Box 3000
Nashua, NH 03061
800/442-5444
www.delta-ed.com
(Trilens)

Insect Lore
132 S. Beach Avenue
P.O. Box 1535
Shafter, CA 93263
800/548-3284
www.insectlore.com
(pink-spotted lady beetles)

Rincon Vitova Insectaries
P.O. Box 1555
Ventura, CA 93002
800/248-2847
www.rinconvitova.com
(green lacewings, ladybugs, aphid parasitoids, big-eyed bugs)

Sigma Chemical Company
P.O. Box 14508
St. Louis, MO 63178
800/521-8956
www.sigma-aldrich.com
(bromophenol blue and other lab chemicals)

VWR Scientific
P.O. Box 7900
San Francisco, CA 94120
800/932-5000
www.vwrsp.com
(general lab supplies)

Wards Natural Science
5100 West Henrietta Road
P.O. Box 92912
Rochester, NY 14692
800/962-2660
www.wardsci.com
(general lab supplies)