Thursday, July 9, 2009

Same concepts, good math, O' Deer.

Just a idea for something to do with similar student learning is the Project Wild O' Deer. Instead of a predator/prey dynamics, it uses food/water/shelter on population dynamics. It also allows the use of math with graphing and student predictions. I truly like these types of activities because it provides great classroom discussion and input/participation from the students. There is nothing better than to disguise learning in what the students consider play.
Instead of beans, one could use colored toothpicks, cereal, candy, or even paper punches.

I would like to find an activity on animal behavior which involves animal conflicts like fighting. Wouldn't it be cool to be able to teach students how animals deal with conflict?

1 comment:

  1. Doesn't it result in the death of some animals? Maybe we should look at it from another angle??? lol :)

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