Students will build an energy pyramid model to visualize populations of producers, consumers, and decomposers in this mountain ecosystem and how biotic and abiotic changes may impact those populations.
SECTION 1: GATHER
How do biotic and abiotic changes impact an ecosystem?
(45-60 minutes)
SECTION 2: ANALYZE
What happens when change occurs in an ecosystem?
(40-50 minutes)
SECTION 3: INTERPRET
What is the future of organism populations in this forest?
(45-60 minutes)
SECTION 4: COMMUNICATE
What does the future look like for a forest under attack?
(45-70 minutes)
Research Quest is a program of the Natural History Museum of Utah in partnership with The Utah Education Network
