Project Learning Tree’s “Web of Life” lets students investigate
relationships between producers, consumers, and decomposers by
acting as organisms connected by string in a food web. Want to
make this lively activity have more energy? A fun musical
variation to this activity is to assign a different sound to
each plant. The consumers must say the respective sound when
they feel the tug. Each organism must repeat the sounds that the
previous organism said. (For example, hazelnut trees say “da,”
oak trees say “dee,” raspberries say “mo,” grass says “tie.” The
deer eats acorns and hazelnut trees so it will say “da, dee.”
Rabbits eat raspberries and grass, so it will say “mo, tie.”
Coyotes eat deer and rabbits, they will say “da, dee, mo, tie”)
The top consumers will likely have so many sounds to say that
they will have a difficult time remembering them. Want to expand
this activity? Try incorporating the following Project Learning
Tree activities: - Are Vacant Lots Vacant? - Dynamic Duos -
Field, Forest and Strea