Students in the 7th grade have been learning about environmental processes, Earth processes, ecology and human influences on the planets systems. In this lab, students were examining the effects of habitat fragmentation. Habitat fragmentation is the process by which an environment that provides homes to organisms are divided and broken up into smaller areas, usually a result of human influence (construction, colonization, agriculture, etc.). This fragmentation will usually have negative impacts on the organisms in the area, although it is possible for a certain organism to benefit from this (usually a predator such as a hawk). The reason it can benefit certain predators is because the prey have less places to hide, therefore throwing off the balance of the ecosystem. In general, students enjoyed this activity and were able to have a visual of what habitat fragmentation really means.