Mealworm Mystery: Adapting to Change in the Ecosystem

Students investigate the impact of a simulated food shortage on the feeding behavior and environment of a bearded dragon, applying scientific practices and making predictions. This lesson can be adapted for other pets and other grades.

This lesson requires observation of the bearded dragon for 5 days to collect baseline data and then for 5 days to collect experimental data.

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