An ecosystem is really just the flow of energy through many different living organisms. A study of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book leads to an environmental science activity in which learners study how various factors can affect particular ecosystems, for better or for worse.

Concepts

the jungle book, rudyard kipling, animal classification, jungle animals, ecosystems, human impact on the environment, environmental factors

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use in an environmental science class or during a biology unit on animal taxonomy
• Have pupils turn their studies into a short story on producers, consumers, and decomposers

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes that learners have seen a stage production of The Jungle Book, but a viewing of the 1967 or 2016 film (or class reading of the novel) would suffice 
• Relies on prior knowledge of animal classification and the food chain

Pros

• An excellent way to create an interdisciplinary unit
• Involves engaging theater activities that are applicable to any subject

Cons

• None