The Web of Life

The study of wildlife involves much more than the study of individual species; it means attending to the connection between species, their habitat and of course, the impacts of human activity on wildlife. In this simulation activity, students follow several food chains, beginning with the sun’s energy and ending in nutrient-rich soil. All the student’s food chains are symbolically depicted in a large hand-held, interconnected food web.

When you tug at a single thing in nature, you’ll find it attached to the rest of the world. – John Muir