Learn About Ecology?: Elk and Chronic Wasting Disease in the Rocky Mountains

 

This activity shows students how competition, predation, and disease affect populations of elk, cattle, wolves, and hunters in a Rocky Mountain community. The game is interactive and perfect for 8th-12th grade students studying ecology.

Elk Game Science Activity

Elk Game Introduction Worksheet

Elk Food Web Game Excel File
(be sure to enable marcos when opening this file)

 

Image Thanks to: Gates, Michelle. elk05.jpg. "fall, 1998". Pics4Learning. 8 Dec 2006 <http://pics.tech4learning.com>

 

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