Bio Bits Videos
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Bio Bits: Plant Life on the Sand Dunes
The ecosystem of sand dunes changes the further one goes inland
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Bio Bits: Photosynthesis
How sunlight is converted into light energy, from the tops of forest canopies to the ground
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Bio Bits: Measuring Co2 Emissions
Studying how much CO2 is being exchanged between the forests and the atmosphere
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Bio Bits: Lookalikes, Extinct and Living Animals
Examining the skeleton of the (extinct) giant ground sloths, which is related to the modern tree sloth. Examining the skeleton of mammoths, mastodons, and elephants.
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Bio Bits: Effects of Human Activity on Natural Change
Increase of forest fires due to warmer temperatures, dryer conditions, Fire can regenerate a forest, turning an old forest into a young one.
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Bio Bits: Effects of Disturbance on Biodiversity
Effects of fire, climate change, logging. One forest had a fire 12 years ago, and isn’t particularly diverse. Another had a fire 60 years ago, and is becoming more biodiverse. Another forest is 300-400 years old, and is extremely diverse.
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Bio Bits: Animal structure
Examining the skulls of carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores to understand different bone structures.
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