Food Web
Posted by Carlene Gordon
What does a food web look like? Fourth graders recently found out by creating one! Each student was given a card with a plant (kelp) or a marine animal (kelp crab, sea urchin, sea star, sea otter, shark…) on it. Standing in a circle, students passed string to one another connecting the trail of energy. Soon a complex web began to form and students could actually see the many connections plants and animals in the same ecosystem share. After, students of the same species were asked to drop their string to see again how losing one form of life from an ecosystem can affect so many others.
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