Format
1. Discuss the difference between predators and prey.
2. Explore a variety of predators and prey using videos, images and discussion.
3. Meet two to four predators and prey at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo.
4. Participant interaction with facilitator using a variety of options such as the chat feature, polls, live discussion, question/answer session, etc.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
1. Understand the difference between predators and prey.
2. Identify different animals at the zoo as predators or prey.
3. Discover what adaptations make an animal a predator and what adaptations help protect animals from predators.
4. Discover why predators and prey are important to the ecosystem.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
K-LS1-1: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
K-ESS3-1: Natural Resources
3-LS2-1: Social Interactions and Group Behavior
3-LS4-4: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
3-LS4-2: Natural Selection
4-LS1-1: Structure and Function
5-PS3-1: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
5-LS2-1: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
MS-LS2-1: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
MS-LS2-3: Cycle of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
MS-LS2-4: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
MS-LS4-4: Natural Selection
HS-LS2-1/HS-LS2-2:Interdepedent Relationships in Ecosystems
HS-LS2-6: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
HS-LS4-2: Adaptation
State Standards
P-LS1-1: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms (NYSSLS)