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Deer Me: A Predator/Prey Simulation

In this activity, learners will simulate the interactions between a predator population of gray wolves and a prey population of deer in a forest. After collecting the data, the learners plot the data and then extend the graph to predict the populations for several more generations.

Keywords:: Populations, Life Science, Social Sciences, Ecosystems, Geoscience, NSDL, Biological Science, Ecology, Ecosystem, Wolves, Deer, Food Chain, Computing and Information, Food Web, Animals, Relationships, Prey, Population, Predator, Forestry and Agriculture

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Science and Technology / Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

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Material Type:: Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: March 7, 2019
Authors:: Best Buy Children's Foundation
Eduweb
Minnesota Zoo
National Science Foundation
The ADC Foundation
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling