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Topic | Lesson Plans By Location| Animal Barometers of the Food
Chain (PCEC) |Topic||Laboratory and Hands-on Activities - Arts
and Crafts| Wildlife - Amphibians Wildlife - Fish Wildlife -
Invertebrates/Insects Wildlife - Mammals Wildlife - Reptiles
Predators at the top of the food chain act as environmental
barometers. Pesticides that accumulate in the environment affect
both predators and their prey. |Grade Level||4 and up|
|Recommended Setting||Indoor or outdoor classroom|
|Location||Potlatch Conservation Education Center at Cook’s
Lake, Casscoe| |Contact||Education Program Coordinator,
870-241-3373 |Duration||30 minutes - 1 hour| |Suggested Number
of Participants||20 - 25| One adult supervisor per 10 students;
outdoor activities, weather permitting. - Explain the
relationships between predators and prey. - Describe how
predators are an ecological barometer. - Approximately 30 “food
chips” per participant (white and colored poker chips with 2/3 w