Biology: Arctic Wars - Lynx vs. Snowshoe Hare

Objectives

• Students will analyze a predator prey graph that represents the population cycling of the lynx and the snowshoe hare.
• Students will hypothesize what is actually occurring at different points of the predator prey graph.
• Students will predict future trends that will occur in a predator prey population.

Vocabulary

• population cycling
• predator
• prey

About the Lesson

This lesson involves investigating population cycling patterns that exist between a predator and its prey.
As a result, students will:

• Interact with a given situation to make predictions in an unknown situation.
• Draw conclusions from graphs.
• Predict future trends that will occur in a predator prey population.