1. Warm-Up Please do the maze individually at your table.
In the maze, you can go over a log, but you cannot go over rocks.
If finished early, turn your paper over and write what you know about “populations” and what you want to know.

2. Populations
Definition: A population is a group of organisms of the same species living in a particular area at a particular time.
Flip chart? picture of 10 bears in forest with a fox
1 Fox
10 Bears

3. 3 essential components of an environment for a population?

4. “Oh Deer” Game Count off by fours Deer are 1’s
2, 3, 4’s are food, water, or shelter
Food – put hands on stomach
Water – put hands on mouth
Shelter – put hands on top of head

5. Review on Game Graph results What did you just experience?
How do you explain the graph?