Life in Balance: Exploring the Tandem Life Cycles of Brassica Butterflies and Wisconsin Fast Plants

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Download this complete unit of instructions to conduct an ecosystem inquiry. In this investigation, students have the opportunity to witness first-hand the dynamic relationship between Brassica butterflies and Wisconsin Fast Plants. Students are responsible for tending the butterflies and plants throughout the entire life cycles, while they explore and explain the changes that each organism goes through and the impact they have on each other.Â Complete kits are available from Carolina Biological for this investigation, or everything to grow Fast Plants and raise Brassica butterflies can be built or obtained locally, using the instructions available on the Fast Plants website.

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Alternate Title	Exploring Interactions and Interdependence: Brassica Butterflies and Wisconsin Fast Plants
Subject	Science -- Biological and life sciences Science -- Ecology, environment Science -- Entomology Science -- Growth, development, life cycle Science -- Natural history
Species	Brassica rapa
Phenotypic Trait	Standard
Media Format	Downloadable docs Text/HTML
Materials Development Era	Current (post-2000)
Resource Type	Instructional Material (NSDL Type Vocabulary) Instructional Material -- Activity (NSDL Type Vocabulary) Instructional Material -- Experiment/Lab Activity (NSDL Type Vocabulary) Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual (NSDL Type Vocabulary) Instructional Material -- Project (NSDL Type Vocabulary) Instructional Material -- Unit of Instruction (NSDL Type Vocabulary)
Language	English
Audience	Educator
Education Level	High School Middle School
Creator	Wisconsin Fast Plants Program
Contributor	Wisconsin Fast Plants Program
Publisher	Wisconsin Fast Plants Program
Rights	Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5
Date Issued	2002
Email Address	info@fastplants.org
Date Last Modified	2022-04-19 15:05:26
Classification	Educational Resources Educational Resources -- Grade Level: Middle School Educational Resources -- Grade Level: Secondary Educational Resources -- Grade Level: Undergraduate Educational Resources -- Grade Level: Middle School -- Current Middle Level Resources Educational Resources -- Grade Level: Undergraduate -- Current Undergraduate Level Resources Educational Resources -- Grade Level: Secondary -- Current Secondary Resources Educational Resources -- Investigations with Fast Plants
NGSS Standard	NGSS.HS.LS2.6 Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem. [Clarification Statement: Examples of changes in ecosystem conditions could include modest biological or physical changes, such as moderate hunting or a seasonal flood; and extreme changes, such as volcanic eruption or sea level rise.]

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