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|age= Secondary, KS4 and 6th Form | |age= Secondary, KS4 and 6th Form | ||
|content=Four sets of activities based on four different organisms: the butterfly, the oak, the whale and the zebra. | |content=Four sets of activities based on four different organisms: the butterfly, the oak, the whale and the zebra. | ||
|strategy=The pedagogical purpose of this lesson for the learners is:<br />* | |strategy=The pedagogical purpose of this lesson for the learners is:<br />* an opportunity for them to analyse a ‘real scientific publication’. The selected articles are very demanding. There is no need to fully understand them, but it offers the students an opportunity to learn how to skim such materials and pick up the relevant information,<br />* as a result of the teamwork this lesson should enable students to be critical of their colleagues work and enable them to improve their own and others’ information,<br />* the summary stage should enable students to produce and present the results of their investigation.<br /><br />''See below for the full pedagogic rationale''. | ||
|Learning Objectives= By the end of this series of lessons students should be able to:<br />* Describe each of the sampling techniques used to assess the population size of more than one organism | |Learning Objectives= By the end of this series of lessons students should be able to:<br />* Describe each of the sampling techniques used to assess the population size of more than one organism, <br />* Explain the advantages of a special sampling technique when compared with other methods, <br />* Communicate the results and conclusion of the supplied scientific articles describing sampling population size. <br /> | ||
|additional resources= | |additional resources= | ||
|useful information=Black oak article: http://www.nps.gov/yose/naturescience/black-oaks.htm (US National Park Service)<br />A video on black oaks: http://www.nps.gov/yose/photosmultimedia/ynn17-blackoaks.htm (US National Park Service)<br />Butterflies article: http://www.ukbms.org/methods.htm<br />Plain Zebra article: http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/4/725.full<br />Sperm Whale article: http://www.oneworldwildlife.org/what_we_do/projects/current/mediterranean | |useful information=Black oak article: http://www.nps.gov/yose/naturescience/black-oaks.htm (US National Park Service)<br />A video on black oaks: http://www.nps.gov/yose/photosmultimedia/ynn17-blackoaks.htm (US National Park Service)<br />Butterflies article: http://www.ukbms.org/methods.htm<br />Plain Zebra article: http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/4/725.full<br />Sperm Whale article: http://www.oneworldwildlife.org/what_we_do/projects/current/mediterranean | ||
