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Worksheet
Curated OER

Deer: Predation or Starvation

For Students 7th - 12th
In this balance of nature worksheet, students use a data chart to graph wolf and deer populations over a ten-year period. Students use this graph to complete 3 short answer questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hi, Deer!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students collect, organize by table, and examine census data in a simulation, estimate the size of the population in the simulation and make predictions based on the collection of census simulation data.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Fall and Rise of the White-tailed Deer Population: Conservation Success Story?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils analyze the problems that have come along with the conservation movement and the fall and rise of the white tailed deer population. In this conservation lesson plan, students see how important the deer were to the Native Americans...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Must We Shoot Bambi?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the deer population. In this environmental instructional activity, students participate in a hands-on activity to better understand the concept of controlling the deer population.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: What's Your Problem? A Look at the Environment in Your Own Backyard

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The Smithsonian provides a guide that classrooms can use to explore the environment in their own backyard. For example, a second-grade class in Colorado interviewed people in their community to inquire about the state of the local...
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: What Do We Do With Too Many White Tailed Deer?

For Students 9th - 10th
The rise in deer population is putting the animals in the way of harm from increased car accidents, damage to agricultural businesses as well as wildlife plant species, and ticks that cause things like Lyme disease. Take a look at...