Case Study 1:  The Ripple effect:  Canadian Geographic Article. 

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/wildlife-nature/articles/pdfs/grey-wolf-the-ripple-effect.pdf 

Ripple effect questions.pdf  

Option C  Population Ecology 

West Nile Virus  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBOsqmBQBQk

1.  What is studies in population ecology? 

2.  What do the following terms mean?  density, dispersion, fecundity,

3.  What are the limiting factors of a population?  Give examples pertaining to the mosquito.

4.  What is the difference between density dependent and density independent factors?

5.   What is a predator of the mosquito?

Movie Study

Being Caribou:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsJ3w7hUfLs

Worksheet:  Being Caribou.wpd  

Remind students that we studies the sustainability of the oil industry in the context of the tar sands.

I want students to work with the concept of sustainability of the oil industry in the artic. Have students answer the following questions.

How does oil development in the Arctic affect people?

How does oil development in the Arctic affect the economy?

How does oil development in the Arctic affect the environment?

Is developing oil resources in the Arctic sustainable? (write a paragraph providing support for your opinion)

Motivated students are encouraged to use the IPADs to do further research to evaluate the sustainability issue.

Environment Canada Stream Flow Data

http://www.wsc.ec.gc.ca/applications/H2O/graph-eng.cfm?yearb=&yeare=&station=02FF009&report=daily&data=flow&year=2002

Predators: Crash Course  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFDiiSqGB7M

1. Give examples of several examples of adaptions that predators possess.

2.  What strategy does the hair worm parasite use for survival?

3. What does he mean by the evolutionary arms race?

4.  What is involved in the strategy of mimicry?

Extra:  Community Ecology:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxE1SSqbSn4

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