Final Project: Forest Ecology

Project Description and Scoring Guide

Data Sheets:  Tree Species Inventory          Soil Profiles

Article:  Why Trees Grow Where They Do in New Hampshire (& Vermont) Soils

Article Vocabulary:  Bench and Cove

Community One Images(Steep Slope):  Soil Profile (Slide)         Slide 2

Soil Profile (Pit)     Entire Community

Community Two Images (River Side):  Soil Profile          Entire Community

Lake Vermont Geology Map          Vermont Surficial Geology Map

Video: Glaciation in the Northeast US

Video: Revealing The Origins of Life

Lesson # 4: Exploring a Pond Ecosystem

Taking a Virtual Dip in Pond Water

Lesson # 3:  The Water Cycle

Water Cycle Game: To be played in class

Homework: Diagram Your Journey as a Water Drop

  Sample1        Sample 2    Sample 3

Lesson # 2:  Energy Pyramids and Food Webs

Energy Pyramid Jellybean Activity

Energy Pyramid and Your Diet: Facts

Predator and Prey Reading with Quiz

Interactive Food Web

Lesson # 1:  Ecology, Biotic vs. Abiotic, Succession

Class Notes and Vocab

Discussion Questions to Landscape Observations

Link to Pond Succession and Forest Succession Images

The World Before Us and Without Us

Homework:  Vocab Visual  and Forest Succession  Due Friday May 2