Activity name: We are interconnected
Estimated time: 1 hour
Values: Relational, Intrinsic
Skills: Analytical
Knowledge: Ecological processes and functions
Action: N/A
All living things on our planet are closely interconnected with each other. A food chain describes different species in our ecosystem and how we are connected. For example it describes who eats whom.
Trees and plants are all producers as they produce their own food from sunlight (photosynthesis). Animals are called consumers as they eat plants or other animals. If any one of the species and chain breaks, it impacts many other living beings.
For instance; the role of the snow leopard in nature is to regulate and control herbivore numbers (including livestock) to safeguard the pasture. So we could call the snow leopard the doctor of the mountain.
Exercise: Draw the food chain of nature around you