Concepts learned through this PBL case.
2. Diurnal animals are active during the day.
3. Placement of the eye socket can indicate
whether an animal
is nocturnal
or diurnal, predator or prey.
4. Peripheral vision (eyes to the side) are required by prey.
5. Large eye sockets aid in night vision
6. Predators require frontal vision.
7. Predators are animals that eat other animals.
8. Other animals eat prey.
9. Carnivores have sharp teeth that are good for tearing meat.
10. Carnivores are meat eaters.
11. Herbivores are plant eaters.
12. Omnivores eat both plants and animals.
13. Organisms are living things.
14. Plants and animals are organisms.
15. Niche is an organism's role or function
within a biological
community:
Producer; primary or secondary consumer;
decomposer;
scavenger
Activities:
1. Binary Classification System.
2. Biological drawings.
3. Skulls: hands-on investigations
4. Study and create food chains.
5. Study and create food webs.
6. Study and create food pyramids.