Learning goals:

• Match predators with corresponding prey animals.
• Match prey with corresponding food sources.
• Explore a population simulation with two interacting populations and a food source.
• Represent and interpret data on a line graph.
• Tell the story of how and why two populations and a food supply go up and down (oscillate) over time.

Student Challenge:

• Set up a level of hunting that keeps the populations of predators and prey at healthy levels.

Curricular Connections:

• Science: Populations, ecosystems, scientific method
• Math: Representing and interpreting data
• Reading: Describing connections among ideas