Managers or politicians who don't understand succession can make incorrect management decisions. Also, consider the tremendous public outcry against the fires in Yellowstone, a fire dependent system. This Activity to Other Scales. The directions for observing the plots could be given before the students are bussed to the site. The students could do a more inquiry based project where they come up with the methodology to test either the idea of the timing of trees in old field invasion or search image.
Students can make histograms of sample data.
Ask the students for other ideas concerning succession to test. Interactive Repository of Student Generated Data from the Lab Activity. Please Read This Comment. This does not include commercial uses for profit. Adult supervision is recommended when performing this lab activity.