Continue Unit 2 Task 1 work; background research on elephants in captivity

Happy Friday before Winter Break! Almost there...😄
Share a rose & thorn from this week with your table!

Today is the shortest day of the year! Tomorrow is the Winter Solstice video, Nat Geo video

All work from Unit 1 (Tasks 1-8) are due today! Please come to tutorial at 2:30 today for help if needed.

So far in Unit 2 (Biomolecules) you should have completed the following:
-Compare/contrast biomolecules activity (Task 1)
-Guided Reading CER on Rhino Diets (Task 1)
-Group Contract with roles (hard copy turned in to me)
-Vocabulary terms (due on 1/7)

Last class you decided on roles within your groups that you will assume throughout our Elephant Project

(Ms. Ferro's role is Institute for Conservation Research Principal Investigator in Reproductive Endocrinology)

We can keep track of the questions we're answering with each activity/lab by following the Elephant Project Progress Tracking document

TO DO today with your table group:

1) Read the following information for background research on elephant reproduction in captivity:
-Smithsonian Article: Great Expectations
-AZA (Association of Zoos & Aquariums) has standards of care and management for animals in captivity. HERE are the AZA standards for elephants - read through it and look specifically for information about diet, taking notes.

2) With your table group, create a hypothesis about what role diet might play in the difference in reproduction that we observe between wild and captive elephants

3) Create a KWL chart of your understanding of the issue thus far. What did you already know, what do you want to know, and what have you ultimately learned about elephant reproduction in captivity?

Turn in your notes, hypothesis, and KWL chart when finished.

If extra time, work on other Biology work!

End class with a 5 minute Elephant 101 video

Have a wonderful Winter Break! ❆⛄🙌🎄😴🍪