Tour of the Ecosystem details

FILL THIS FORM TO TELL ME YOUR GROUP   ECOTOUR GROUP NAMES


total:  50 marks

STORY 10 marks
1,  Tell the story and history of this place.  How have people used this place in the past.  For example Central park, the trees were felled by the British Navy for masts.   And many of the stumps were hand logged...  Habitat island was formed to replace shoreline.  out of 10marks based on 
a. it is accurate     5
b. it is on one page and beautifully presented   2
c.  clearly written    3

SPECIES IDENTIFICATION  25 marks one page
2.   What are the native species in this place.  Name at least 10 native plant species in 10 minutes.  Identify them.
10 marks for at least 10 or more species

3.  What animals use this site and what is the evidence of their presence. Show photographs of the animals that live there and tell the story of their habitat.
at least 10 photos or drawings of animals    10 marks
 The drawings are complete and ready to show the students   5 marks

4. ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS 15marks one page
a.  What ecological interactions are there (they can play your card game!).  Who eats who? Who lives where?  5 marks
b. . Are there invasive species were?  Identify and describe.   5 marks
c.  presentation: this content is one page, waterproof and in colour and finished 5 marks.



PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK 20 MARKS
5.  FUN:  10 MARKS
Did your participants have fun?
CONTENT 10  MARKS did they learn about your content.  WE WILL evaluate them!
Your participants will fill out an evaluation form telling us how this went for them.

  You will also evaluate them.

If you are doing a Pacific West Coast Rainforest, here is a starter species list

FOREST AREA

Trees: Conifers:   Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock, Western Red Cedar, Yellow Cedar,
   Douglas firs are home for douglas squirrels and bats.
Western Red Cedar, Hemlock, Douglas Fir and Yellow cedar are home for barred owl.

Deciduous:    Alder, Vine Maple, Big Leaf Maple, birch
              All the deciduous trees are home for the flicker and the bushtit and chickadee

Bushes:     Salmonberry, Huckleberry (vaccinium parvifolium) , Blueberry (vaccinium ovalifolium) ,  Salal, red elderberry, holly (invasive)  blackerry (invasive) 
These berry bushes provide habitat for insects, caterpillars and spiders which are eaten by chickadees and bushtit

groundcover:  mosses      (mosses, and lichen and spiderwebs are gathered by bushtits to make nests)
                       ferns :  swordfern, bracken fern, deerfern,
                       OTHER ground cover : skunk cabbage,
vine English Ivy (invasive)

Animals:  Mammals:  coyote, douglas squirrel, flying squirrel, little brown bat, grey squirrel (invasive),  raccoon,  rat (invasive),  
coyotes eat the small rodents

Birds:  black capped chickadee,  crow,  Northern Flicker or sap sucker, bald eagle, mallard duck, canada goose, Barred owl, sawwhet owl, hummingbirds, bushtit , Heron, more about their diet etc here 
     hummingbirds eat blueberry nectar and also eat mosquitos. 
bushtits eat spiders and use their webs to mae nests
Sapsuckers eat insects

invertebrates: spider, mosquito, bumblebee, honey bees, dragonfly, dragonfly larvae eat mosquito larvae

Reptiles:  garter snakes eat tree frogs
Amphibian:  pacific tree frog eat mosquitos and are eaten by invasive bullfrogs 
Fish:    Salmon (are eaten by eagles and their dead bodies feed trees).

 NURSE LOG - Dead tree which supports plants

FUNGI:  bracket fungi, lichen (found in west coast rainforest), WETLAND AREA:  
cattails, juncus, yellow flag iris, alder,  Beaver, duck

Assignment:
Make a new set of playing cards based on Pacific West Coast Rainforest ecosystem OR BOG