Get caught in a web of learning. Classmates play a game to build a web to model the interaction of species that live in a specific ecosystem. They each assume the role of one species and work together, passing a ball of twine to indicate the dependency and interactions between the species.

Concepts

food webs, ecosystems, animal species

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Have pupils create a list of species from a local ecosystem to use in the activity

Classroom Considerations

• Prepare materials prior to the lesson
• Builds on an understanding of species interactions

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Pros

• Includes links to additional resources
• Provides a teaching guide to help plan for instruction

Cons

• None