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Students will research the factors that drive a unique phenomenon in ecosystems - mimicry! They will explore and conduct research to determine the factors a predator uses to choose - or AVOID - prey. Guided by a NHMU entomologist using the same methods they use, students will build new, transferrable understandings of this relationship dynamic and the impact on mimics in the midst of biodiversity and range changes within the ecosystems they live in.

Students work with forestry land managers and scientists to evaluate and support aspen forest populations. Engaging interactives will promote observation skills and draw out prior knowledge as students learn how to assess the health of aspen forests. They will gather their own evidence and use the USDA's guidelines for Aspen Restoration to develop recommendations for their chosen study site.

These Science and Engineering Protocols guide students through any science and engineering practice for Grades 9-12. Each protocol contains step-by-step questioning series and prompts to help students understand the science and engineering practices on a deeper level. The protocols will compliment teacher lessons and focus students on the individual science and engineering practice called out in each standards.

Engage your students in evaluating the impacts of ecosystem change on resource availability critical to animals’ diets. Students will examine how adaptable the diet of bats – critical to healthy ecosystems all over the world - are in responding to changes in their food sources – insects! Students will explore the phenomenon through virtual dissections of bat stomach contents to learn what different species of bats eat. Led by a research scientist who studies bats, they will use museum collection

Students examine the role of fungi as decomposers in the matter cycle. With engaging interactives they will study the factors that drive faster rates of decomposition and how human activities impact these ecosystem services.

This new, standards aligned investigation uses an impressive collection of ceratopsian fossils from the Natural History Museum of Utah's paleontology collections to support students in their work to analyze and interpret data from the fossil record central to their research question. Specfically, students will identify patterns and phenomena that illustrate the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of ceratopsians over the 100 million years they lived on Earth. The investigation is organi

Use Nearpod to access this standards-aligned investigations designed to engage your students in the phenomena of change and stability in ecosystems. Using a combination of museum specimens, simulations, and authentic data, your students will explore rapid changes being observed in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. Each of the four investigations targets a key question about the ecosystem and can be used alone or in combination with What's Killing the Trees? Who Wins and Who Loses in a Rapidly Changi

Four separate, standards-aligned investigations designed to engage your students in the phenomena of change and stability in ecosystems. Using a combination of museum specimens, simulations, and authentic data, your students will explore rapid changes being observed in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. Each of the four investigations targets a key question about the ecosystem and can be used alone or in combination with How is Energy Transfer and Matter Cycling Affected in a Changing Ecosystem? and

Four separate, standards-aligned investigations designed to engage your students in the phenomena of change and stability in ecosystems. Using a combination of museum specimens, simulations, and authentic data, your students will explore rapid changes being observed in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. Each of the four investigations targets a key question about the ecosystem and can be used alone or in combination with What's Killing these Trees? How is Energy Transfer and Matter Cycling Affected i

Four separate, standards-aligned investigations designed to engage your students in the phenomena of change and stability in ecosystems. Using a combination of museum specimens, simulations, and authentic data, your students will explore rapid changes being observed in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. Each of the four investigations targets a key question about the ecosystem and can be used alone or in combination with What's Killing these Trees? How is Energy Transfer and Matter Cycling Affected i

Triceratops Traits, a virtual investigation from the Natural History Museum of Utah, helps students explore how the triceratops evolved over time. Using the Nearpod platform, this investigation engages students in gathering and analyzing data and allows teachers to see students' participation and responses. Fantastic for 6th-8th Grade science classrooms!