Why do animals and plants need each other

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Why do animals and plants need each other?
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1. Lets think back!
Making food chains

• How did you decide what to put in each food
  chain?
• What would happen to the rest of the chain if one
  of the animals or plants all died?
• What sort of event could affect your food chain?
  Would it affect both directions of the food
  chain? How?
• What do you agree about in your group? What do
  you disagree about?

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2. Exploring a woodland food web

• What would happen if one of the plants or animals
  in the food web all died? Would any other plants
  or animals die? Would any increase in number?
• Which do you think is a better way to show how
  animals and plants depend on each other, a food
  chain or a food web? Why do you think this?
• What do you agree about in your group? What do
  you disagree about?

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3. The food web game

• What does it mean when you are pulling a string
  with nothing on the end of it?
• If you were an animal in this situation, what
  would you do? What are your alternative energy
  sources?
• Think about all the possible things that could
  happen next. Which do you think is most likely?
  Why do you think this?
• How does this help you understand how plants and
  animals depend on each other?

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4. Plenary a balloon debate

• Which plant or animal do you think is the most
  important? Why do you think this?
• If you could only save one plant or animal from
  extinction, which would it be?
• What are your arguments that support your point
  of view? What arguments might there be against
  it? Do you agree in your group?
• How could you explain to another group why you do
  not agree with them?