Ecosystem Simulation

The goal here is to understand the scales of population of biotic participants in an ecosystem.

In class, try out the ecosystem simulation.

http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/interactives/ecology/ecology.html

At home, make your own ecosystem and take a screenshot of the graph. Upload the screenshot.

At home, make a Pyramid by Numbers graph of your ecosystem. Use Word, Powerpoint, Paint, Pages, or even Google Docs to make the Pyramind. Uploading your pyramid or a screenshot of your pyramid here.

Example of a pyramid by numbers (but yours must identify which species belong in each category, for example the tertiary consumer is the Top Predator in your simulation.