Ecosystem Stability and Population Modeling Lab

Students run population models, predator–prey cycles, energy pyramids, disturbance recovery and mark-and-recapture.

Grades 9–10Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline

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Grade level

Grades 9–10: Math-based ecology with growth equations, Lotka–Volterra cycles and population estimates

What students practice

Exponential and logistic growth, carrying capacity, predator–prey cycles, energy transfer efficiency, disturbance and Allee effect, mark and recapture

Standards

NGSS: HS-LS2-1 · HS-LS2-2 · HS-LS2-4 · HS-LS2-6

How it works

Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
Each student types their name on the Start page, then works through the stations in order. Each station has a prediction, a hands-on activity, a data table or log that fills in as they work and a check question.
Students finish with a printable lab report (print or save as PDF). The Teacher Notes include the standards, a full answer key and a reset button for shared devices.
Each purchase includes the lab file and a one-page Quick Start guide.