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Exploring Biomass Pyramids
Click & Learn

Explore biomass and energy pyramids in a virtual river based on authentic data
Scientific Inquiry and Data Analysis Using WildCam Gorongosa
Activity

In this activity, students will be guided through making observations from trail camera data in Gorongosa National Park, the development and investigation of a scientifically testable research question, and analysis of their results.
Biodiversity Studies in Gorongosa
Activity

In this activity, students will calculate species richness, evenness, and the Shannon diversity index for various habitat types using data from trail cameras in Gorongosa National Park, and then investigate the impact of human activity in these habitats.
Climate Stress and Coastal Food Webs
Lecture

(43 min 18 sec) We are in the midst of a major die-off of coastal wetlands – what is to blame?
Floods, Droughts, and Food Chains
Lecture

(44 min 27 sec) How a river's community of herbivores and predators is affected by changes in river flow.
Untangling Salt Marsh Food Webs
Lecture

(45 min 16 sec) The revelation that salt marshes are controlled by top-down forces of herbivores and other consumers.
Trophic Cascades in Rivers
Lecture

(44 min 27 sec) How fishes in a river ecosystem play a critical role in forming the aquascape.
Ecology of Rivers and Coasts—Food Webs and Human Impacts
Lecture

Two leading ecologists describe the complex interactions between species and their environment in aquatic ecosystems.
Exploring Trophic Cascades
Click & Learn

This interactive explores examples of what can happen when there are changes in the population size of one species in an ecosystem. How are species at other trophic levels affected? How does the ecosystem change?
Discovering Keystone Species
Poster

This classroom poster illustrates Robert Paine’s pioneering experiment that demonstrated the importance of top-down regulation of ecological communities by predators and led to his coining of the term keystone species.
Film Guide for Some Animals are More Equal than Others
Film Guide

The following classroom-ready resources complement the film Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others: Trophic Cascades and Keystone Species. It tells the story of the bold experiments by Robert Paine and James Estes, which established the importance of keystone species in regulating ecological communities and the cascades of effects set in motion by their removal.
Some Animals Are More Equal than Others: Keystone Species and Trophic Cascades
Short Film

(19 min 29 sec) Keystone species and trophic cascades are fundamental concepts in ecology. This short film tells the story of how these concepts were first established through the pioneering experiments of two young researchers: Robert Paine and James Estes.
Building Ecological Pyramids
Activity

In this activity, students will build biomass pyramids depicting trophic levels of various habitat types using data from trail cameras in Gorongosa National Park.
Gorongosa: Using Citizen Science to Study Ecology
Short Course

This course connects you to actual ecological research in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. Gorongosa was once a thriving national park, until decades of war decimated the park’s large...
Lesson 8 - WildCam Gorongosa: Data Analysis
Activity

In this activity, students will collect actual data from WildCam Gorongosa and use those data to create graphs and answer an ecological question of their choice.
Lesson 7 - Observations Across Habitats
Activity

In this lesson, students will compare wildlife in two different habitats by making observations using sets of trail camera photos. They will then use these observations to formulate questions for further study.
Lesson 4 - Gorongosa's Food Webs
Activity

In this lesson, students will learn about how food webs are constructed and trophic levels in an ecological community. They will then use animals that they identify in WildCam Gorongosa to construct food chains and food webs, and study the impacts of disturbances.
Lesson 3 - Scientific Inquiry with WildCam Gorongosa
Activity

In this lesson, students will use WildCam Gorongosa to start making observations and generating scientific questions using a single trail camera photo.
Lesson 2 - Gorongosa National Park
Activity

In this lesson students will learn about the history of Gorongosa National Park and the ongoing restoration effort through readings and videos.
Lesson 1 - WildCam Gorongosa
Activity

In this lesson students will learn how to use WildCam Gorongosa and get introduced to some of the animals in the park.