Feral Hogs

 I’m planning for Biology in the Fall. The Virginia DWR has teacher resources for problem based learning.  (Scroll down the page for the Feral Hog zipped link.  The documents are PDFs.)  My plan is to use the article as part of the Ecology unit, one of the earliest modules I do in Biology.  Why?  There are a number of ecological terms and feral hogs makes an interesting topic for discussion.  Along with feral hogs, we’ll address the tone in the article.  I plan to ask kids their opinions about feral hogs for sport.  I look for topics which elicit a good discussion, albeit without politics.