Bushland Food Web Game

Seated in a circle, children each become an Australian plant or animal and pass a ball of yarn to show who eats whom, then see the whole web sag when one species disappears.

How to run it

1. Give each child a card naming a bushland living thing, such as gum tree, grass, beetle, possum, kookaburra, snake or fungi.
2. Start with the sun or a plant and pass the yarn to something that depends on it, holding the strand tight.
3. Keep passing until everyone is linked, explaining each connection out loud.
4. Name a threat such as land clearing and have one child drop their strand.
5. Ask everyone who felt a tug to raise a hand and talk about how one loss affects many.

You will need

• ball of yarn
• name cards for plants and animals

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