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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

Lessons

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

Lessons

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

Science Talks

(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

Science Talks

(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

Science Talks

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

Science Talks

(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

Science Talks

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

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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?
Film Guide for Some Animals are More Equal than Others

Film Activities

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 Films

(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

Lessons

In this activity, students will build biomass pyramids depicting trophic levels of various habitat types using data from trail cameras in Gorongosa National Park.
Communities as Ecological Networks

Science Talks

(41 min 18 sec) Ecosystems include complex interactions between animals and plants, which can be measured experimentally and investigated using mathematical models.
Liz Hadly Tracks the Impact of Climate Change in Yellowstone

Scientists at Work

(7 min 28 sec) Ecosystems in the world-famous national park are threatened by warming temperatures.
Gorongosa National Park Interactive Map

Click & Learn

This interactive map of Gorongosa National Park allows users to explore different features of the park, including key components of the conservation strategy.