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Investigate pond ecosystems
Build a miniature pond ecosystem and explore the diverse life forms which evolve from the unique, dried pond mix provided. Teach your students how to monitor microbial populations, gaining experience in calculating population diversity indices. They can also design their own experiments to determine the population dynamics within a micro-ecosystem and the effects of various pollutants on pond microlife. The investigation includes an illustrated, dichotomous key to microlife forms.
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