Web of Life Activity

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Web of Life Activity

• Adapted by
• Barbara Laurenson

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A Food Chain

• A food chains energy is transferred in
  sequence for example, energy from sunlight, to
  green plants, to animals that eat plants, and to
  animals that eat other animals. Green plants use
  the suns energy directly to make food. When
  animals eat green plants and other animals eat
  those animals, the energy moves from one living
  thing to another along the food chain. Animals
  that eat plants are called herbivores, animals
  that eat both plants and animals are called
  omnivores, and animals that eat only other
  animals are called carnivores Ultimately, all
  members of a food chain depend on the energy from
  the sun that green plants transform into food
  energy.

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An Aquatic Food Web

• Food webs are more complex than food chains.
  They consist of several food chains that are
  interconnected. The following example is a food
  chain, which together makes a food web.
• It shows how all organisms in the habitat are
  interconnected and depend on each other for their
  survival.

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What is Interdependence?

• Discuss and list the essential components of a
  healthy habitat food, water, shelter, and space.
  If desired, air can be assumed.
• Note that if one of these components is missing
  from a habitat, a plant or animal may not be able
  to survive in that habitat.

• Living things are intricately woven into a web of
  mutual dependence on other living things and
  their non-living surroundings creating a system
  of interdependence.
• Through the development of knowledge, cooperation
  skills, and responsible, caring behavior,
  students will learn the importance of stewardship
  and their role in maintaining a healthy
  environment.

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The Activity
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Final Thought

• Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are
  but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the
  web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound
  together. All things connect.
• Author unknown.