Rocky Shore Food Chain Drama

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Rocky Shore Food Chain Drama

• Scene descriptions

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Before you start.

• Remind students to respect each other during the
  drama and to act like their animal/plant.
• No hitting or pushing is allowed during the drama
• Go over how each animal moves
• Remind them of the 4 groups the producers, the
  grazers, the scavengers, and the predators.

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Scene 1

• The tide is low
• Algae is on stage
• The grazers enter and hunker down
• Opihi and pipipi should be on the rocks
• The sun starts to rise

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Scene 2

• As the sun is rising, the algae begin moving back
  in forth because they are getting energy from the
  sun to make their own food.
• The tide begins to rise too
• The plankton begin to drift around in the water

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Scene 3

• The rock-boring urchins (ina) grab plankton
  drifting by using their tube feet
• Helmet urchins move around on rocks and scrape
  algae off the rocks.
• The sea cucumber (loli) slowly moves and grazes
  on the algae using its tentacles

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Scene 4

• Then, a brittle star grabs some plankton and
  scavenges the floor of the tidepool
• A sea star moves on the floor and eats urchins
• The aama and hermit crab scavenge and eat pipipi
  if they can

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Scene 5

• The tide goes down again (low tide)
• The sun goes down, and the moon rises.
• All animals left hunker down to protect
  themselves and keep their moisture in.
• The algae stop moving because the sunlight is
  gone.
• The end.