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Predator/Prey Interactions. Shell game!. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzEvcS01Cl0. Your Thoughts on Predators/Prey. Predators. Prey. What kinds to we have in the forests? What kinds to we have in the oceans? Are they small? Are they numerous? Can we eat them? Do we??.
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Shell game! • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzEvcS01Cl0
Your Thoughts on Predators/Prey Predators Prey What kinds to we have in the forests? What kinds to we have in the oceans? Are they small? Are they numerous? Can we eat them? Do we?? • What kinds to we have in the forests? • What kinds to we have in the oceans? • Are they big? • Are they numerous? • Can they harm us? • Do they?? • Do they compete with us?
What characteristics/adaptations are useful to them? Predators Prey
Was that game fair? • Was it a good analogy? • Why? • Why not?
Round 2 • … then graphs
Taking this one step further… • What limits/controls the system? • Top-down controls • We’re talking about predators • Bottom-up controls • It’s all about nutrients
My Research • A lot like the shell game • Predators tried to find turtle nests (underground) • I tried to find turtle nests and predators
Urchin barren • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_aSl3iL7rM • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3W4OCnHyCs