7th grade is enjoying the Ecology Unit in science. We have been able to play many simulation games to help us better understand difficult concepts. In this activity students started with 20 rabbits (pink paper squares) and 5 coyotes (white index card). They spread the rabbits on the table and then they were to flip the coyotes on top of the rabbits to capture and eat them. The surviving rabbits and coyotes at the end of each round then would double (reproducing). The students recorded their data on a Predator/Prey table, and later graphed their information. This activity showed us there is a predictable pattern if the amount of prey increased the predators would increase also, but then when the prey (rabbits) decreased so did the predator population (coyotes). The students worked together in groups of 3 to 4 and everyone enjoyed cooperating and sharing in this activity!
Students working together to figure out
the next generation of predators and prey
Fun flipping coyotes
A group working really well all focusing on the task
Adding the next generation of rabbits
Our graph
Rabbit and Coyote Populations Over Time!
Where did you find the directions to this game that specifies the what happens each round?
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