Oh Moose!

Standard Rating Guide
  • References: the lesson only references the standard
  • Part: the lesson teaches part of the lesson
  • Assesses: the lesson teaches the standard thoroughly so that the standard can be assessed

Activity Description

Abstract: 1. Students will identify at least three things in an ecosystem necessary for an animal to survive. 2. Students will define "limiting factors," and identify which parts of an ecosystem can limit the growth of a population. 3. Students will describe how and why a population changes as its ecosystem changes.

Curriculum Book: Alaska's Ecology
Page number: 95

Age Groups

4th grade - 12th Grade

Educational Standards

   Science C-2   Part
   Science C-3   Part
   Science B-3   References

Educational Topics

   Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors
   Habitat
   Interdependence