Neshaminy High School

3 Forms of Lichens (photos and descriptions)  http://staff.concord.org/~btinker/gaiamatters/investigations/lichens/typeslichens.html 

 

Lichen - warm-up  Natural History of Lichens,

 

 

 

 

Succession:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k03vxRYsJ4Y 

Song Ecological Succession (Mr. Parr)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzE6BNNLew0

 

                                       "10 Things You Should Know About Lichens"   http://ohioline.osu.edu/sc195/029.html

                                       "Welcome to the Friendly World of Lichens"   http://www.earthlife.net/lichens/ 

                                       "Lichens are Fungi"      http://herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/funfacts/lichens.htm

                                       "Colorado State, Lichen"    http://autocww.colorado.edu/~toldy3/E64ContentFiles/AlgaeAndFungi/Lichen.html

                                       "How Stuff Works, Lichen"    http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/fungi/lichen-info.htm

                                       "Red Rock, Texas; Lichens"  http://www.roundrocktexas.gov/home/index.asp?page=1165

                                       "Wikipedia, Lichen"    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen

                                       "Thinkquest, Lichen"    http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212089/lichen.htm

 

 

Lichen on a rock video:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv2JNaqnYxU

 

Lichen Lab - Microscopic Crustose Lichen                                           

 

More photos and microscopic views of lichens:  http://archive.bio.ed.ac.uk/jdeacon/microbes/lichen.htm 

 

Lichen Cartoon rubric: Lichen cartoon strip rubric    Helpful information is found in the reading, "Ecological Succession" (linked

                                                                            above), the Lichen Lab, and the "Lichen on a Rock" video clip (linked above)

                                                                            along with the various other lichen links above. :)

 

A habitat is made up of physical factors such as soil, moisture, range of temperature, and availability of light as well as biotic factors such as the availability of food and the presence of predators. 

 

Lichen Lab: Measure the diameter (cm) of 10 randomly selected lichens colonies.