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Bison Food Summary Students collect and press grass, forbs, and browse. Students graph percentages. Objectives Students will be able to identify at least 3 major categories of food eaten by bison. Procedure Discuss with the students which plants are considered grasses, forbs, and browse.
Explain to them that although bison may eat from these all three categories, bison eat mostly grass. Have students fill out the chart. Have the students collect examples of these plants. The plants collected by the students may be different than those eaten by the bison, but they still fall into the same categories.
If not possible for the students to collect the plants, the teacher should bring in examples of these plants. Tag each of the plants with the name of the person who found the plant, the location where the plant was found, and the date. Create your own plant press using the following method. Note: Press only the leaves of browse material.
Put the plant between the sheets of newspaper, using several sheets of paper between plants. Stack about 4 plants "newspaper sandwiches" together. Repeat the process of layering the plants in the newspaper and placing cardboard every fourth layer.
Place heavy books or other heavy objects on the top of the stack to squeeze the water from the plants. Once the plants are dry, have the students place their collections in notebooks with clear pocket pages, in a photo album, or have them create their own "plant book.
Extensions Have the students use field guides to determine the name of each plant. Vocabulary Grass- These plants are usually tufted or sod-forming herbaceous plants with narrow, elongated leaves.
Herbaceous- Green colored plants with a soft stem, not woody plants. Cafe de Bison Math! Bison Calculations Summary Students estimate, calculate, and measure feed requirements for bison. Materials A student page for each student One five gallon bucket One bathroom scale Cups that hold at least 8 ounces of water 25 pounds of dry dog food or other dry matter that can be easily weighed Brown paper grocery bags Procedure Discuss with the students that when wild animals are captured, it is a huge responsibility to make sure the animals are properly cared for and have the necessities to survive.
Have the students discover how much it takes to feed and water a bison. Show the five gallon bucket, and explain that a bison drinks that much water in a day. Have students estimate the number of glasses of water it would take to fill it. Allow students to then fill the bucket. How many glasses did it take? Compare this to a human's daily intake of water.
In the wild, bison eat grass, forbs weeds , and browse woody plants. They need about 24 pounds of dry matter a day, when grazing in the wild.
Within the pens, the bison receive three pounds of nutritious cubes every other day. Have the students weigh out three pounds of dog food on a scale in a large paper sack. How much more food do the bison need a day? Have the students each pour a cup of dog food in the sack until it reaches 25 pounds.
Remind students 25 pounds of grass weighs the same, but takes up more room. As an example, fill a paper bag with dry plant material and weigh it. Extensions Have students measure their height. Assessment Were the students able to solve the calculations pertaining to bison? Currently, thirty-three animals live within a acre pen system in Caprock Canyons State Bison Seasons Background Information Winter During the winter the bison are split into two separate groups.
Spring As the temperature starts to warm, the bison move off their winter range. Summer The bulls and the cows finally join together as a herd during the summer. Fall At this time, the bison are building fat for the winter.
What is a Ruminant? Eating - One Job, Four Stomachs! When eaten, food is first stored in the rumen, the first compartment of the stomach. Some food goes directly to the second compartment which is the reticulum. Eventually, all the food goes to the second compartment, the reticulum. Here stomach juices and bacteria begin to break food down and form it into cud.
When the bison are resting, muscles in the reticulum push the cud back up into bison's mouth. There the cud is chewed and mixed with more saliva. Then the cud is swallowed again to be further digested. It passes through the rumen, the reticulum, and into the omasum, which is the third compartment of the bison's stomach.
The cud is further digested there. The final stop is the abomasum, the last of the compartments. Here, cud is combined with stomach juices before passing into the intestines. Objectives The students will be able to sequence events. They may work in pairs or as individuals. Make sure the year is on the paper.
Review with students that events are placed in order from past to present. Allow the students to place the events in order. Place and tape the ordered events on the wall creating a "long" time line. Travel as a class through time stopping at each point along the way. Have the students act as conductors. Each pair should tell about their event in history and present their illustration of the event to the other students and teacher of the class. Is it a bison or buffalo?
Student Challenge! Objectives The students will be able to locate bison-related sites on a map. Background Bison have had a profound effect on the history of Texas. Materials Pencil or pen A Texas state map for every four students.
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