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Ohio Department of Education: The Long and Short Story of Ecological Succession

For Students 6th - 8th
An ecology simulation where each student plays a role of an organism in an forest ecosystem. Students earn and keep track of their own survival points to determine which type of organism is most successful at survival during different...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Creeping Vole

For Students 4th - 8th
Creeping Voles are found in moist coniferous forests at all stages of forest succession, from old growth to recent clear-cuts. In fact, population density is probably higher in recently cut areas where more sunlight reaches the ground...