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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

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Appropriate grades
6
Subjects
science (biology and life science)
Provider
American Association for the Advancement of Science

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This activity allows the student to independently research several birds of prey and compare the predator/prey relationship. Although the research questions are limited, the background reading should lead the student to make a connection between these birds and the ecosystem in which they live. This may also lead to a discussion of food webs and food chains.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Science (2005)

Grade 6

  • Goal 7: The learner will conduct investigations and use technologies and information systems to build an understanding of population dynamics.
    • Objective 7.01: Describe ways in which organisms interact with each other and with non-living parts of the environment:
      • Coexistence/Cooperation/Competition.
      • Symbiosis.
      • Mutual dependence.
    • Objective 7.06: Investigate processes which, operating over long periods of time, have resulted in the diversity of plant and animal life present today:
      • Natural selection.
      • Adaptation.