FOREST+ECOSYSTEM+BY+LUCA

A Forest Ecosystem By:Luca

Hi, my name is Luca, I’m in sixth grade at the [|Amigos School] in [|Cambridge, MA]. I've been studying ecosystems. I'm doing this WIKI to show other people what we've been studying. My class is learning about different ecosystems. Earlier this year my sixth grade class went to the [|Arnold Arboretum] in [|Jamaica Plain, MA] to learn about a forest ecosystem.

We got there by a school bus. After walking through the thick part of forest we started observing nature. Abiotic objects are non-living objects. We saw many abiotic objects such as: rocks, the sun and, rain.We were lucky that the weather was variable that day. While we were there we had to name a consumer, a producer, and a decomposer. Then we had to desribe what we know about those organisms. Well we were there we used notebooks, cameras and magnifine glasses to help us work.



While my cass was at the Arnold Arboretum we also saw a lot of animals. Three examples of [|decomposers] that I saw there were, a worm, fungi, and an isopod. I also saw some, animals that get their energy from plants and other consumers. The ones we saw were, mice, fish, and hawks. On this page you will see an energy pyramid and a food web, it shows how energy gets passed along. It all starts with the sun. The sun gives energy to the producers. The producers give energy to the primary consumers. They give energy to the secondary consumers. The two consumers give thier energy to the tertiary consumers.

It was a very exciting trip to the Arnold Arboretum with my class! I learned about how to identify plants and animals. I also learned that field work can be interesting and exciting. I learned all about all the producers,consumers and decomposers at the Arnold Arboretum. I got a flavor of what it would be like to be a scientist studying nature and different ecosystems. I hope we go to the arburetum next year! My energy pyramid and food web

Look at my WIkI page that has to do with the history of the Arnold Arburetum