Transcript Predator Prey Storyboard Instructions

Predator/Prey Storyboard
8th Grade Science 2014
You will NEED:
1. A blank lined sheet of
notebook paper
2. Your notes about
Populations and
Ecosystems (vocabulary
and relationships)
3. A pencil
4. Colored Pencils/Crayons
(you can borrow mine)
You will DO:
1. Identify the four most
important things that
happen during a
predator/prey relationship
2. Create a four panel
storyboard that includes
pictures and descriptions to
tell the story of a
predator/prey relationship
DUE DATE
You will have class time today and time
after the quiz tomorrow to work on your
storyboard
 The final storyboard is due this
THURSDAY, April 17th.
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Design Your Story!
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Step 1: Read over your notes (you can also
use the textbook to help you)
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Step 2: On your cause and effect paper, list
the four (4) most important things that
happen during a predator/prey relationship
◦ Make sure you include the starting population of
all involved species, identification of the predator
and the prey, how the populations change and
the end result of the predator/prey relationship
Let’s do the First One Together…

What are two species that could interact
in an ecosystem?
◦ How many individuals of each species are
present in the population?
Setting Up Your Storyboard
Step 1: Fold a blank lined sheet of paper
hot dog style toward the inner red line
 Step 2: Write “Predator/Prey Storyboard”
on the red line
 Step 3: Fold paper to create 4 boxes (8
boxes total)- See example:
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Predator/Prey Storyboard
Design Your Story!
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Step 3: In the top four boxes on the front of your
paper, draw an illustration to represent each of
the four important things that happen during a
predator/prey relationship
◦ These should be appropriate, meaningful, and
COLORED
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Step 4: In the bottom four boxes, write a caption
for each picture.
◦ This caption must be AT LEAST one complete
sentence
◦ This caption must explain what is going on in the
picture