Ecocolumn Fish–“O Happy Day!”
After weeks of your students being excited about getting a fish, today is the day! Word of caution–don’t add a fish for two weeks after building the initial column and …
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Owl Pellet Dissection-Trophic Levels and Energy Loss
Owl pellet dissection is used to teach ecology topics such as food webs, biomass pyramids and energy loss. Buying Pellets and Materials. Both small and large pellets work with this …
Bugs, Worms, and Leaf Litter…..O my! (Adding detritivores to EcoColumns)
Adding worms is almost as much fun as getting a fish! (NO FISH for two weeks–seriously, don’t do it) After a week of letting the seeds germinate and grow, its …
Planting Seeds in EcoColumns, Taking Soil Data and Setting Up Data Charts
On the second day of building ecocolumns, students add seeds and begin taking data. (This can be the second hour of a block period). Before they do this, however, they …
Cutting and Filling Ecocolumns
Students thoroughly enjoy building ecocolumns. Building usually takes 2 full periods (45-55 min) or one block period. The example here is of an an ecocolumn with three chambers, a terrestrial …
Ecocolumns / lab / Supplies
Buying Supplies for Ecocolumns
Students thoroughly enjoy building ecocolumns. The supplies here are for an ecocolumn with three chambers: A terrestrial chamber on the top with soil, plants and invertebrates, a filter chamber with …
Building EcoColumns Part 5 Making the Aquatic Chamber
This video describes how to build the Aquatic Chamber. Remember, DO NOT build this chamber until 2 weeks of flushing/draining the column have passed.
Group Data Analysis
At the end of Ecocolumns, my students graph their data and answer questions as a group. Here is an example of the questions they answer. This year, my students filmed …
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