Life Cycle - Natural Environment (4A)
Post Lab 

INVESTIGATING A SCHOOL YARD ECOSYSTEM

MATERIALS: Hand shovel, sticks, 1 meter length string, containers or trays

PROCEDURE: Go outside and measure a 1 meter square area following instructions from your teacher. Describe the soil, animals, and vegetation that are present. Record what you see.

OUTSIDE OBSERVATION

DESCRIPTION OF AREA

 

 

ANIMALS PRESENT

 

 

DESCRIPTION OF SOIL (TOP)

 

 

VEGETATION PRESENT

 

 

How are the plants surviving? 
What are the animals eating? 
Is this area a permanent living place for the organisms you found? 
How long do you think the "ecosystem" will survive?

 

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