Investigating Decomposers — What types of decomposers are all around us?
Materials:
- Access to a wooded outdoor area
- Paper (or your science journal)
- Colored pencils (optional)
- Pencil
- Camera (optional)
What to do:
- Watch this video!
- Head outside with your science journal, pencil and colored pencils.
- Head out and see what fungi you can find.
- What other types of decomposers are there? See if you can find any others while you investigate your wooded area.
- Share your findings and your science journal drawings by posting them on Facebook and tagging us @VINS.VT!
Resources on Decomposers: Decomposers encyclopedia entry from National Geographic
A fantastic podcast, One Species at a Time: Fungi, from National Geographic
Contact education@vinsweb.org with questions or comments.