cosmic education and our relationship to the ecosystem candace jordan graham hill elementary school

Cosmic Education and Our Relationship to the Ecosystem

Candace Jordan

Graham Hill Elementary School

Our Place in Space

• The Universe

• The Milky Way

• The Solar System

Power of Ten

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Our Place on EarthIn the Web of Life

• Producers– Plants

• Photosynthesis

• Consumers– Animals

• Herbivores• Carnivores• Omnivores

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Photosynthesis

Carbon Cycle

Water Cycle

Nitrogen Cycle

Energy Transfer

Human Impact on Wilderness Areas

• Logging• Development• Recreation• Off-road vehicles• Roads• Expansion of cities• Pollution• Litter

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Snoqualmie River

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Snoqualmie ForestCascade Foothills

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• Hooded Merganser

• Black-capped Chickadee

Birds

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• Ruffed Grouse

• Killdeer

• Red Tailed Hawk

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• Spotted Sandpiper

• Vaux’s Swift

• Rufous Hummingbird

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• Belted Kingfisher

• Steller’s Jay

• Tree Swallow

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• Red-breasted Nuthatch

• Golden-crowned Kinglet

• American Robin

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• Cedar Waxwing

• Yellow Warbler

• Townsend’s Warbler

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• Common Yellowthroat

• Western Tanager

• Spotted Towhee

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• Dark-eyed Junco

• Red-winged Blackbird

• American Goldfinch

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Animals

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Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel

Elk

Photo From: wdfw.wa.gov/science/articles/elk_roundup/index.html

Grizzly Bear

Photo by Chris Morgan, 2006

Grey Wolf

Photo by Gary Kramar, USFWS

Tiny Frog

Eco System

Biosphere 2

Wild Sky Wilderness Area