Students will research the factors that drive a unique phenomenon in ecosystems - mimicry! They will explore and conduct research to determine the factors a predator uses to choose - or AVOID - prey. Guided by a NHMU entomologist using the same methods they use, students will build new, transferrable understandings of this relationship dynamic and the impact on mimics in the midst of biodiversity and range changes within the ecosystems they live in.
Part 1
Be the Predator! How will you find food? Is that prey delicious or disastrous?
(20-30 minutes)
Part 2
How to Fool a Predator! Analyze which physical features influence predator behaviors.
(45-60 minutes)
Part 3
Predicting the Future! Will rapid changes affect predator-prey interactions?
(20-30 minutes)
Research Quest is a program of the Natural History Museum of Utah in partnership with The Utah Education Network
