Elephants+and+WolvesTM15

=Elephants and Wolves=

Elephants under pressure. They tell us how much land they need to be provided for them to live in. They also show how many of the elephants are being killed a year. Another good example is how these elephants live with each other. Assignment America. They show us how animals that are big and small can get together so well. They also teach us how these older elephants pair together as partners. Also it also teaches us that elephants can be partners with even pets or dogs. It shows how gentle they are.
 * You've read the eBook Elephants Under Pressure and you've watched Assignment America.**
 * 1) **Which gave you more detailed and fact-based information about elephants and elephant society? Justify your answer with examples.**
 * 1) **Which was the most successful in helping you to understand animal relationships? Justify your answer with examples.**

Watch the movie How Wolves Change Rivers. When they brought back the wolves to Yellowstone National Park, it changed a lot of wildlife and plants. It changed the wildlife because it started to overload with deer, caribou, and young bison. So when these animals started to get under control from population overload, they started to leave some parts of areas alone because they knew that the wolves were their to kill them. So when they were prevented to go to those areas, the plants and trees started to grow all over those areas since the deer went their. Once that happened the small rodents and bugs started to roam in those areas. After those animals invaded those places small foxes, ferrets, eagles, hawks, and crows came back. Then when the trees grew tall near river banks cause of the deer leaving, beavers decided to come back too because of the wolves job. That is what the wolves did to bring back more lives to the park. Both the photography and the sound tract showed how each scene was and how these animals looked like. Plus how the before the wolves came and how it looked after the wolves came. The sound tract helped to show mystery, and excitement into the video. They also showed how the wolves and animals sound like. The people who created this video was Tom Dowser, Sam Price Waldman, Charley Voorhis. The source of this information is Yellowstone National Park. The Sustainable Man program made this video.
 * 1) **Write a summary of the scientific facts as presented in the video.**
 * 1) **Discuss how the photography and sound tract help to support the scientific information and help to develop a deeper understanding of factors that influence the ecology of the area.**
 * 1) **Who created this video? What is the producer's academic background for work? What is the source of the information?**

When they brought back the wolves to Yellowstone National Park, it changed a lot of wildlife and plants. It changed the wildlife because it started to overload with deer, caribou, and young bison. So when these animals started to get under control from population overload, they started to leave some parts of areas alone because they knew that the wolves were their to kill them. So when they were prevented to go to those areas, the plants and trees started to grow all over those areas since the deer went their. Once that happened the small rodents and bugs started to roam in those areas. After those animals invaded those places small foxes, ferrets, eagles, hawks, and crows came back. Then when the trees grew tall near river banks cause of the deer leaving, beavers decided to come back too because of the wolves job. That is what the wolves did to bring back more lives to the park.
 * Read Has the Reintroduction of Wolves Really Saved Yellowstone.**
 * 1) **Write a summary of the scientific facts as presented in the article.**

Controlling it will impact the environment of elephants because they will not get into trouble like some of them do, and they could die. Also that they would get enough food and milk for their young so they wont starve and die. We could protect them on there way to their new home. We would also know that they are okay, and safe.
 * Write a prediction:**
 * 1) **How might controlling the migration of elephants impact the environment? Justify your answer.**


 * Summary - Discuss the following: Why is important to understand**


 * 1) **Who created the message?** Sustainable Man
 * 2) **What is the target audience?** Everyone in the world who would like to know more.
 * 3) **What creative techniques are used to attract attention?** The techniques that are used are beautiful images, animals involved, noise from the animals and forest, and soothing sound.
 * 4) **How might different people understand this message differently?** They could understand these messages by if they like and dont like wolves. Also if they want wolves to come into Yellowstone.
 * 5) **What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message?**
 * 6) **Why is this message being sent?** The message being sent was how wolves can impact a lot of the environment.