Prairie Dog and Habitat Activity
This activity allows students to make critical observations on free-ranging, feral animals and investigate their characteristics and habitat. This activity can be adapted to other forms of wildlife. Students will observe, record observations, categorize observations, key out plants, use sampling techniques, follow and devise a protocol, hypothesize, design experiments, conduct experiments, analyze data, and draw conclusions.

Appropriate Level: High School

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Contributed by:
Tricia Kritzberger
Mitchell High School, Mitchell, SD

Frontiers in Physiology 1996 Summer Research Teacher

Research Host:  Gregory L. Florant, Ph.D.
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 
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