Instructions

1) Begin the class by asking students for their ideas about the main problems linked with feral pigs feeding in rain forests and bogs. Make a list on the board or overhead.

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2) Divide students into groups of three to four and hand out one set of “Pig Impact Clue Cards” to each group. Tell students that scientists and resource managers have identified five main problems linked with feral pigs feeding in the rain forest. Their task is to use the clue cards to identify those five problems. (If students need help figuring out how to use the cards, suggest that they read each card first and then try to group together cards that relate to each other. There are between two and five clue cards that describe each of the five problems.)

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3) Groups should write a description of each of the five problems and the clue cards they used to arrive at each.

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4) Once groups have completed their work, have groups report their results by having each group describe one problem and the clue cards they used to arrive at it. Continue until all the problems have been reported. There may be more than five, depending upon how groups interpreted the clues. Use the teacher background “Five Problems With Pigs” (pp. 11-12) as a guide, but also be prepared to accept other well-reasoned conclusions.

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5) Open a class discussion about the impact of pigs in the rain forest.

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6) Assign the Student Pages “Monitoring Revegetation in Greensword Bog” and “Analyzing the Data” as homework.