Ecosystem Explorations

Ecosystem Explorations is an in-depth exploration of ecosystems for use in the classroom before the SMNHC Ecology Field Program.

Ecosystem Explorations Folder Contents
Date	Title	Summary
	Ecosystem Explorations Journal	Learn about the importance of journals in science, make your own, and practice scientific ways of using it.
	Ecosystem Discovery	Draw the components of an ecosystem, and create a class mural of a New Mexico ecosystem.
	Energy Game	Learn about the flow of energy between producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem by playing a freeze tag game.
	Message in a Bottle	Construct a model of an ecosystem in a plastic bottle.
	New Mexico Life Zones	Learn about New Mexico mountain life zones, and how precipitation, temperature, and species change amongst them.
	Natural Change	Play a card game to learn about natural changes that can occur in an ecosystem.
	Where Does Lunch Come From	Figure out what natural resources all components of a lunch come from. Act out poems about resource development all the way to the end products.
	Field Experience Goal Setting	Prepare for your outdoor experience by brainstorming goals for it individually and as a class.
	Field Trip Checklist	A checklist including choosing a site, teacher and student preparation, and what to do before, during, and after the field program.