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

Photo From: www.metrokc.gov/dcfm/threeforks/

Snoqualmie ForestCascade Foothills

Photo From: www.metrokc.gov/exec/news/2004/090204.htm

• 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