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Restoration of the Gorongosa National Park

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Restoration of the Gorongosa National Park

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Wolves saved Yellowstone National Park - The Northern Range

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How does matter and energy flow through ecosystems?

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1. How does ecology unify abiotic and biotic factors at multiple levels?

2. What factors influence and determine biome types?

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Lulu the Lion: parentage, genetics, and observations

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Lulu the Lion: parentage, genetics, and observations

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ISTA Africa Storyline

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ISTA Africa Storyline

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Parentage and Geography:

Lulu The Lion - A Heroine's Story

Lions as a highly social animal present a number of issues when it comes to knowing parentage: there can be multiple males in a group mating with many of the females, females raise the young of other pride members, and fringe males can engage in sneak matings with females that are not part of their pride. With all of this gene flow, it is difficult to know who really is mom and dad! In this activity, you will be presented with several data sets in order to determine paternity and maternity for a set of cubs who were observed over a period of time.

African lions, Panthera leo, live in groups called prides that consists of a male or males who control the territory and a group of females who provide food for the pride and raise the cubs. When a pride is taken over by a new pride master, this new male will often eliminate the cubs so that he can replace them with cubs he himself has produced. As a top predator, this carnivore typically hunts in groups to take down larger prey like the many ungulate herbivores that call the savanna home.

Zoo Genetics Section 11 Lions

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Lions as a highly social animal present a number of issues when it comes to knowing parentage: there can be multiple males in a group mating with many of the females, females raise the young of other pride members, and fringe males can engage in sneak matings with females that are not part of their pride.

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Complete the Google form after "Life as a Hunter" team task

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Complete the Google form after "Life as a Hunter" team task

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You can create your own forms at the original Storyline Lesson

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Using what you figured out in Part II of Life as a Hunter, enter your data below so it can be compiled by your teacher and shared with your class.

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ISTA Africa Storyline - save your own copy

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Small Group Task KCal Cash version for copy - Linked to Storyline 

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ISTA Africa Storyline

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ISTA Africa Storyline

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b. Develop and use models to analyze the cycling of matter and flow of energy within ecosystems through the processes of photosynthesis and respiration.

· Arranging components of a food web according to energy flow.

· Comparing the quantity of energy in the steps of an energy pyramid.

· Explaining the need for cycling of major biochemical elements (C, O, N, P, and H).

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c. Construct an argument to predict the impact of environmental change on the stability of an ecosystem.

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e. Construct explanations that predict an organism’s ability to survive within changing environmental limits (e.g., temperature, pH, drought, fire).

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Design a solution to reduce the impact of a human activity on the environment. (Clarification statement: Human activities may include chemical use, natural resources

consumption, introduction of non-native species, greenhouse gas production.)

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· K: I can define an ecosystem and identify its components. · K: I can describe and rank by scale the hierarchical levels of biological organization. · K: I can define biodiversity. · K: I can describe the three levels of biodiversity: o Genetic diversity o Species diversity o Ecosystem diversity
K: I can list and define the factors that affect biodiversity in an ecosystem: o Population size o Carrying capacity (using graphical models) o Limiting factors o Keystone species (using examples) · K: I can list and explain key limiting factors in an ecosystem: o Food, water, nutrients o Predation o Competition for resources o Disease o Climate o Natural disasters · K: I can differentiate between density-dependent and density independent limiting factors. · R: I can explain how the following factors affect the biodiversity of an ecosystem: o Population size o Carrying capacity o Limiting factors o Keystone species · R: I can analyze and interpret graphical data to support explanations about how these factors affect biodiversity. · S: I can plan an investigation to generate data that demonstrates how specific factors affect biodiversity and populations in an ecosystem. · S: I can conduct an investigation and analyze data to support explanations about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems.

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a. Plan and carry out investigations and analyze data to support explanations about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems. (Clarification statement:

Factors include population size, carrying capacity, response to limiting factors, and keystone species.)

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Work together as a group to complete the board using the data in the PPT

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Work together as a group to complete the board using the data in the PPT

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Post completed board on the Padlet (+)