What potential dangers to the coyotes are present in each territory? Do coyotes have predators? What keeps their population under control? What role does the Illinois Department of Natural Resources play in population management? What specific hunting and trapping rules protect coyotes from over-harvest?
Within each territory on the Visualization Tool, where would coyote-vehicle collisons occur? How have urban coyotes adapted to navigating along and across streets? What design solutions could reduce coyote-vehicle collisons?
Illinois Hunting and Trapping Regulations
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources digest of hunting and trapping regulations (published annually). Hunting and trapping regulations ensure animals are treated humanely and protect the population from overharvest.
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
HS-LS2-1 (High School)
Use mathematical and/or computational representations to support explanations of factors that affect carrying capacity of ecosystems at different scales.
HS-LS2-2 (High School)
Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.
HS-LS2-6 (High School)
Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem.
MS-LS2-4 (Middle School)
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.