Tracking a Wolf

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=56 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="011a0a03.jpg"> <div> Tracking a Wolf</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=135 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="21fa0c01dduajq.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Educators Science and Math Institute Ser"><U><B>Educators' Science and Math Institute Series</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About the Series"><U><B>About the Series</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id117.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Goals"><U><B>Goals</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Institutes"><U><B>Institutes</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="lesson_plans_prepared_by_esmis_participants_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson Plans"><U><B>Lesson Plans</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id138.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Albums"><U><B>Photo Albums</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/search.htm"><U><B>Search</B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ed.mtu.edu/search.htm"><U><B> ESMIS</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=424 BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Submitted by:</B> Kelly Godfrey</div> <bR> <div> <B>Subject and Grade Level:</B></div> <div> 7-8 grade General Science “At-Risk”</div> <bR> <div> <B>Creative Descriptive Title:</B></div> <div> Tracking a wolf</div> <bR> <div> <B>Purpose (why you are teaching this particular unit):</B></div> <div> Learn wolf range, geology/geography of the land, wolf behavior and habitat</div> <bR> <div> <B>Overview of Content:</B></div> <div> Students will be able to explain wolf pack behavior and movement within their area. Explain habitat as taken from the maps.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Estimated Time Commitment:</B></div> <div> 5 class periods (45 min. each)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Learner Expectations (Desired Results):</B></div> <div> Student will be able to:</div> <div> Read a topo/forest service map with its symbols, sections, quadrants</div> <div> Track a wolf according to the website information</div> <div> Discuss wolf habitat/food web/predidation</div> <bR> <div> <B>Activities and Procedures:</B></div> <div> Students will gather information regarding wolf packs from the website and library research. They will print out activity from one particular wolf from the MN area packs. They will plot the past ½ year movement of this wolf on their map</div> <bR> <div> <B>Resources/Materials:</B></div> <div> IWC website - tracking information</div> <div> USGS/Forest Service Quadrant Maps</div> <div> Books on Wolf Behavior/Habitat</div> <bR> <div> <B>Closure-Tying it all together with real-world application:</B></div> <div> Why do we need to know about wolves, where they are? The students will explain/write about why this wolf (and presumably its pack) is moving - food….social behavior…Eventually will tie into wolf reintroduction/Yellowstone project (we started last year).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Performance Assessment Strategies</B></div> <div> <B>-</B>Rubrics on correctly placing wolf, rubric on wolf behavior, rubric on food web, rubric on habitat</div> <bR> <div> <B>Standards/Benchmarks Addressed:</B></div> <div> - Using life science - interrelationships of living things in ecosystems</div> <div> -Data analysis and statistics</div> <div> -Map reading skills</div> </td> </tr></table></body>