Spatial Responses
Key questions to focus on:
What are the processes involved?
What is the ecological advantage?
How does this action help the species to survive, reproduce and out compete other organisms?
What are the processes involved?
What is the ecological advantage?
How does this action help the species to survive, reproduce and out compete other organisms?
Here is a straight forward 4 min clip to explain Taxes and Kinesis.
Finding where to go: Lots of animals need to find their way around so they can return to a home base often on a daily regular basis. Animals often venture quite a long way from their home base and they need to find their way back again. We humans do this mainly by using visual land marks, but animals use a variety of other methods of navigation. Many animals use scent, others have magnetic and solar compasses
The link below will take you to a New Zealand site, The Liggins Institute. It has an excellent article, seminar and discussion questions for you to download and access. It will give you some very sound background and knowledge of New Zealand examples.
This next 5 min clip is a really fascinating insight into how bees find the pollen they need to make honey:
The Link below will take you to a New Zealand site which delves into our NZ bird migrations.
This is a link to DOC page on fish migration; Eels and Whitebait
|
Below is new way of presenting.
Top Ten migratary Species
Plant Responses
This clip is about 8 mins and goes into how plants respond using chemicals. Thanks Bozeman!! |
|
Venus Flytrap: Nastic movement
The amazing way plants communicate with each other: This is new research which will really get you thinking!!