Should gray wolves be removed from Yellowstone National Park? After researching the complex relationships between the various habitats and species at Yellowstone National Park,  including humans, class members take a position on the questions and support their stance with evidence from their research.

Concepts

ecosystems, forest ecosystems, animal populations, population density, predator-prey relationships, predators, habitats, yellowstone national park, wolves

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as an interdisciplinary lesson between science class and a persuasive writing unit in language arts

Classroom Considerations

• Requires extra prep time to establish links to and to preview websites, make copies of the worksheet and the required reading article
• The activities are designed to be used before playing WolfQuest, which is a paid app: however, playing the game is not essential

Pros

• Links are provided to a variety of websites
• Groups investigate the possible conflicts between humans and wolves and offer possible solutions

Cons

• A rubric is not included
• Several of the links do not work

Common Core

W.6.1.a W.7.1.a W.8.1.a