The Wildebeest Migration

The students revisited wildebeest migration, brainstormed reasons for why they are migrating, watched a video of researcher Dr. Simon Mduma, looked at wildebeest field data cards for patterns, created data displays, and noticed a connection between nutritional health and wildebeest migration.

The students heard from a scientist about the relationship between rain and wildebeest location.

Rain is considered a limiting factor that affects the amount of grass available for wildebeests to eat.

<p>The students discovered that there is a wet season and a dry season in the Serengeti and they investigated the relationship between rain and wildebeest location.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The focus of the investigation in this lesson was to understand how food drives the wildebeest migration.</p> Signup and view all the answers