Lesson 1: Ecological Succession
Duration of Days: 4
Lesson Objective
Model the predictable changes in a terrestrial community following a disturbance.
How does the presence or absence of soil determine whether a landscape undergoes primary or secondary succession?
How do ecosystems change, rebuild, and increase in complexity over time following natural or human-caused disturbances?
HS-LS2-6: Ecosystem resilience and succession
Identifying the chronological order of events within a technical process.
Modeling the predictable stages of a community following a disturbance (Primary vs. Secondary succession).
(DOK 2)
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Students are given a scenario (e.g., a farm is abandoned) and must draw the stages of secondary succession over a 150-year period, correctly labeling pioneer species and the climax community.