GOOD MORNING, Manager ____________!

(Your Name)

Before we get started on our busy day, can you tell me what factors might influence an animal population? (It’s ok, I know it’s early…brainstorm with your fellow managers! You can trust ‘em! J)

Now that we have our brains “warmed up,” let’s take on our responsibilities and try to maintain the __________ (What animal did you choose?) population to the best of our abilities!

Just to remind you…

• Your carrying capacity is 100 animals.
• If at any time, your population reaches less than 10 or more than 200 individual animals, you will no longer have a viable “herd.” (Oh no!) WHY?
• Card sequence: Condition card (green), Reproduction card (purple), management card (yellow) and repeat.
• If it asks you to specify the condition, use your amazing wildlife manager knowledge to fill in the blank. There MUST be a condition in order to influence the population.
• Can a fraction of a whole be a plausible answer?
• Keep careful field notes on Fathom - your electronic field journal J. (What are the attributes that you would want to record?)

GOOD LUCK AND MAINTAIN YOUR POPULATION! J

Your data is SO nicely collected in your electronic field journal. However, your supervisor would like to quickly glance over your records. How can you present your data visually? Take a minute to create a visual presentation on your electronic field journal data. Sketch it below.

Along with your presentation, your supervisor would like to read through a short analysis of the visual image you present. Below, describe the factors that influence the changes in your visual image. (What caused the “hilltops” and “valleys”?

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Your supervisor just reviewed the work of your fellow group managers; however, a question was raised. After looking through all of the presentations, there exists a LOT of variability between the different populations! How can this be? Take a few minutes to look over the presentations of your fellow managers. Choose one to compare and contrast your presentation to theirs and describe the reasoning behind the differences or similarities you observe. Sketch the fellow group manager’s image below.

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