Designed by
Joyce Morris, Ed.D., Research
Assistant Professor, The University of Vermont
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There are many ways to adapt this lesson to different content areas and
grades although interdisciplinary learning is best, I have tried to
identify some ways to focus on different subject areas. II suggest a
visit to Project Wise created for middle school students at http://wise.berkeley.edu. You need
to join but it is free. Follow the links to curriculum and then to
Wolves in your backyard.
- Art:
- Examine different paintings and pictures of wolves. What
impression do you get about the message the picture or painting is
depicting?
- Have students draw pictures of the wolf depicting a more
favorable image.
- Use pictures to tell a different story about the wolf.
- Draw the food chain of the Wolf and its predator/prey
relationship
- Music:
- What songs do we have that depict wolves? (Werewolf of
London, Whose Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf, Peter and the Wolf)
- What do their lyrics suggest?
- What kind of music would you use to express your feelings
about wolves?
- What instruments remind of you how a wolf runs?
- Mathematics:
- Examine the rate of wolf population growth in Yellowstone
where data has been compiled. Turn this into a graph.
- Predict what the wolf population growth in Vermont might
become without any controls.
- Compare dogs and wolves in terms of size and
weight.
- Make a graph of wolves food sources.
- How fast wolves run compared to other species?
- How much meat can a wolf eat at one time compared to its
weight? How does this compare to humans?
- How many wolves can live in one area?
- Social Studies:
- How have different cultures depicted wolves?
- What have been the political implications of allowing
wolves to naturally reproduce and resettle in different places?
- What geographical barriers control wolf population?
- Historically, what have been the reactions of people to
wolves?
- How do wolves effect the economy?
- What are the hunting laws where you live?
- Language Arts:
- Read stories about wolves from different cultures.
- What myths are there about wolves?
- Write editorials and opinion papers with accurate
information about wolves.
- Change the endings of some of our common anti-wolf fairy
tales to create a different image of the wolf.
- Use digital story telling to promote a different image of
the wolf or to create an emotional response to wolves.
- Science:
- What are some facts about the behavior of wolves?
- How long do wolves live?
- How do wolves interact with each other?
- Describe the predator/prey relationship of wolves.
- What is their effect on the "balance of nature"?
- How do wolves differ in the way they impact the deer
population in contrast to human hunters? What are implications of
interfering with the balance of nature?
- What evidence is there that wolves eat humans?
- Describe the wolves life cycle
- How do wolves and dogs differ? How are they similar?
- Use a visual mapping tool (Inspiration or http://wise.berkeley.edu/student/topFrame.php?projectID=4595&gotoStep=92120)
to draw a wolf food web.
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Last updated on October 9, 2006.