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Biodiversity Murals
These murals were created in following the viewing of one of the following videos:
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/wolves-yellowstone/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q
Students worked together to create murals depicting the change in the ecosystem following the reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone. Each mural is created with its own "flair".
![Heidi mural.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4e2a42_29871fab67f1476d80fb8522b84421c3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_832,h_397,al_c,q_80,usm_0.33_1.00_0.00,enc_auto/Heidi%20mural.jpg)
3rd Grade Classroom Mural - North Fork Elementary School, Woodland, Wa. Teacher: Heidi Kleser
This cause/effect mural will evolve to a food web/energy transfer mural.
![Ecosystem.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4e2a42_75b6fb2864cd44b584b905f1245edea5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_148,h_84,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Ecosystem.jpg)
5th Grade Classroom Mural - Robert Gray Elementary School, Longview, Wa. Teacher: Heidi Kleser
Click on the images to bring up a slideshow of the following murals
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4e2a42_cf5a16fcfe6543c3899e721c70f3029c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_130,h_126,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4e2a42_cf5a16fcfe6543c3899e721c70f3029c~mv2.jpg)
Top mural depicts the Yellowstone ecosystem without wolves. The bottom mural depicts the Yellowstone ecosystem with wolves.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4e2a42_d06cd355d65749c3844a9d0c153447eb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_130,h_173,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4e2a42_d06cd355d65749c3844a9d0c153447eb~mv2.jpg)
Yellowstone without wolves - "elk overgrazed", "mice and bunnies had no place to hide" "without beaver dams, fish and otters have no place to live".
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4e2a42_96c37aaae6dd4b33bbd7279eeeec0a6e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_130,h_97,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4e2a42_96c37aaae6dd4b33bbd7279eeeec0a6e~mv2.jpg)
Birds had more trees to nest in. Beavers had more wood to build dams and provide habitat for amphibians and fish.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4e2a42_cf5a16fcfe6543c3899e721c70f3029c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_130,h_126,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4e2a42_cf5a16fcfe6543c3899e721c70f3029c~mv2.jpg)
Top mural depicts the Yellowstone ecosystem without wolves. The bottom mural depicts the Yellowstone ecosystem with wolves.
4th Grade Classroom Mural , Indian Hills Elementary School, Aloha, Or. Teacher: Yvonne Nelson
![5th grade ecosystem mural](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4e2a42_01747deebdff4359a2645df1cf95bf59~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_130,h_65,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4e2a42_01747deebdff4359a2645df1cf95bf59~mv2.jpg)
Left side - Yellowstone without wolves. Right side - Yellowstone with wolves
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4e2a42_a2d167a64813451a8232bcdef72f48b1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_130,h_97,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4e2a42_a2d167a64813451a8232bcdef72f48b1~mv2.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4e2a42_91a0db448d474786a36c88641ba08a30~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_130,h_97,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4e2a42_91a0db448d474786a36c88641ba08a30~mv2.jpg)
Songbirds returned because elk weren't eating so many leaves on trees.
![5th grade ecosystem mural](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4e2a42_01747deebdff4359a2645df1cf95bf59~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_130,h_65,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4e2a42_01747deebdff4359a2645df1cf95bf59~mv2.jpg)
Left side - Yellowstone without wolves. Right side - Yellowstone with wolves
5th Grade Classroom Mural - Robert Gray Elementary School, Longview, Wa. Teacher Heidi Kleser
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4e2a42_0c711854adb5411eb0a803858066add4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_130,h_63,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4e2a42_0c711854adb5411eb0a803858066add4~mv2.jpg)
Students worked cooperatively to create this collaged hand colored mural.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4e2a42_571252981ffe4a3593477a0154dff629~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_130,h_95,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4e2a42_571252981ffe4a3593477a0154dff629~mv2.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4e2a42_3ff906c07f734201a49973dcf0aac024~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_130,h_173,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4e2a42_3ff906c07f734201a49973dcf0aac024~mv2.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4e2a42_0c711854adb5411eb0a803858066add4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_130,h_63,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4e2a42_0c711854adb5411eb0a803858066add4~mv2.jpg)
Students worked cooperatively to create this collaged hand colored mural.