1. Ecology Plan 15 Oh Deer Wednesday 10/4/17

2. Homework: Do Now: Vocabulary Terms #28-35 due Thursday 10/5
Ecology Quiz on Wednesday 10/11
Dallenbach Test on Wednesday 10/18
Do Now:
Take out Handout #9 Skull Lab to be checked. I will check the last page.
Continue the remaining portion of ST Shrew. The story is in your table folder.

3. See next slide for sample answers for numbers 3-6
Anything that is living or once lived
Anything that never lived
See next slide for sample answers for numbers 3-6

4. So many to choose from! Just pick a few 
Consumers
Producers
Squirrel
Shrew
Earthworms
Beetles
White grubs
Black beetle
Carrion beetle
Spiders
Centipedes
Millipede
Wood roaches
White termites
Pill bugs
Salamander
Nuthatch/birds
Grasshopper
Wasp
Flies
Caterpillar, Ants, Moth
Moss
3 inch tree/other trees
So many to choose from! Just pick a few 
Decomposers
Orange fungi
Red Capped lichen
Pale greenish lichens
Scavengers
Carrion beetles
Black beetles
Shrew

5. Any statement that is factual
Any statement that has opinion

6. We are studying ecology which means the study of living things in their environment. In this story each character interacts with the environment and plays a role in a food chain. They each have their own niche.

7. Skull #1
Incisors and molars
Eyes on the side
Large eyes
Large nose

8. Skull #1: Whitetail Deer
Type of consumer:
Herbivore

9. Skull #2 Large nose Incisors, canines, molars Small eyes
Eyes in the front
Small eyes
Large nose

10. Skull #2 Black Bear
Type of consumer:
Omnivore

11. Skull #3
Canines
Eyes in the front
Large eyes
Large nose

12. Skull #3 Alligator
Type of consumer:
Carnivore

13. Skull #4
No teeth
Eyes on the side
Small eyes
Large nose

14. Skull #3 Giant Anteater
Type of consumer:
Insectivore

15. Skull #5
Incisors and molars
Eyes on the side
Large eyes
Small nose

16. Skull #5: Muskrat
Type of consumer:
herbivore

17. Herbivores are prey species
Herbivores are prey species. They can see more with eyes on the side of their heads.
Carnivores are predator species. They can chase/hunt better with eyes in the front of their heads.
Likely an herbivore! The eye size and location would help see danger better. The nose can help find food and smell predators.

18. Large eyes would help you at night to allow any/more light into the eyes to see better!
That a sense of smell is not the main way the animal finds food or avoids predators.

19. The jaw muscles are different because herbivores move their jaw side to side while a carnivore moves their jaw up and down.

20. Yes No

21. In your Marble Notebook Table of Contents, record what is in red.3
Fact, R.J. and Spec. 5
CER Note Sheet 7
Levels of Organization 9
Biotic/Abiotic Subjective/Objective 11
Producers, Consumers, Decomposers 13
Skull Characteristics
Then tape or glue in (all students should have their own supplies)

23. In your BINDER Table of Handouts, record what is in red.#
Date
Handout Title 1
9/12
Ecology Vocabulary Study Tool 2
9/13
Current Event 3
9/15
C.E.R. 4
9/18
Levels of Org. + Biotic/Abiotic 5
9/19
Science Sketches 6
9/20
Producers, Consumers, Decomposers 7
9/25
Current Events Audience Sheet 8
9/26
Poster Investigation 9
9/27
Skulls Lab 10
10/2
Dallenbach Field Trip 11
10/3
ST Shrew 12
10/4
Oh Deer

24. Food, water, shelter, & space
We are going to play a game that emphasizes the most essential things animals need in order to survive.
What were the four basic needs of all wildlife?
Food, water, shelter, & space

25. You will each become either a deer, food, shelter, or water.
You will count off by 4’s

26. Ones will be deer.
Twos will be food.
Threes will be water.
Fours will be shelter.

27. Everyone else will be on the other side.
If you are a deer (#1’s), you will stand on one side of the room.
Everyone else will be on the other side.

28. Twos will be FOOD. Place hands on stomach.
Your Signs
Twos will be FOOD. Place hands on stomach.

29. Your Signs
Threes will be WATER.
Place hands over mouth.

30. Fours will be SHELTER. Holds hands over head.
Your Signs
Fours will be SHELTER. Holds hands over head.

31. Your Signs
1’s are Deer 2’s Food (Hands on stomach) 3’s Water (Hands on mouth) 4’s Shelter (Hands over head)

32. Directions
“Deer” will go on one side of the room and the “needs” on the other.
All backs turned away!
“Needs” will make their sign when told to do so.
Deer must decide what their “needs” will be to search for. NO SWITCHING “NEEDS” OR YOU WILL NOT PARTICIPATE.
I will say “Go!” and all students will turn around while still making their sign.
That “need” now becomes a deer because the deer has successfully met its needs and can reproduce.

33. Oh Deer!

34. It is now time to answer the Conclusion questions AND complete the stacked bar graph on the back.

36. Closure: Analysis Questions:
Did the deer populations fluctuate (change)? Why?
Are there any noticeable patterns? (Does it tend to peak, decline?)
What did the deer need to survive?
What were some of the limiting factors that affect their survival?
Discussion
1. Are wildlife populations similar to the deer populations? Why?
2. Are wildlife populations static, or do they tend to fluctuate, as part of an
overall balance of nature?
3. Is nature ever really balanced? Explain.
4. If ecological systems are involved in a process of constant change, is there any harm in allowing hunters unlimited bag limits.