Hands-On Activities to Model Sampling, Habitat Degradation, and Animal Choice

Nurture students’ curiosity! Investigate methods used by scientists to estimate population sizes. Then create a terrestrial model to observe how pill bugs respond to habitat degradation. Use inquiry to develop experiments to observe the habitat preference of bess beetles and millipedes. Let the excitement in your classroom begin!

• NGSS Scientific and Engineering Practices: Developing and Using Models, Planning and Carrying Out Investigations, Analyzing and Interpreting Data, using Mathmatics and Computational Thinking
• NGSS Core Ideas: LS 2: Ecosystems ESS 2: Earth’s Systems ESS 3: Earth and Human Activity