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A Food Web Game Based on the Central Valley in California

How to Play

- Set a time limit for play. This time limit represents 1 year / 4 seasons.

- Each student brainstorms how s/he will pantomime / act based on the organism card given.

- During each year, each organism will need to eat enough food to survive, grow, & reproduce. Consumers & Predators collect tokens by identifying the feeding behaviors of their prey and then tagging them. Producers (plants) must try to end the game with at least 1 token left.

- When someone is tagged, s/he must give up 1 token.

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Feeding Behavior Cards

Person Destroying Habitat

Top Predator

You walk around littering.

You eat: anything!

Must eat 10 tokens (organisms) to survive

Wolf

Top Predator

You creep around quietly look for prey with your sharp eyes and good sense of smell.

You eat: deer, elk, rabbits, & rodents

Must eat 10 tokens (organisms) to survive

Bear

Top Predator

You lazily walk around looking for prey. Sometimes, you roar.

You eat: plants, fruit, honey, fish, deer. Will steal already killed prey from wolves.

Must eat 10 tokens (organisms) to survive

Other Plants

Producer

You are sometimes short and sometimes tall. You enjoy sunlight and rain

If you lose all of your tokens you "die." If another organism dies you can pick up his/her tokens.

Feeding Behavior CardsFox

Secondary Consumer

You sneak around looking for prey. You like to pounce on your prey.

You eat: rabbits, birds, rodents, frogs, insects, worms, & fruit

Must eat 5 tokens (organisms) to survive. Lose a token if caught as prey.

Cat

Secondary Consumer

You sneak around looking for prey. You are very patient and will wait for prey

You eat: mice, rabbits, frogs, birds, and other food as needed

Must eat 5 tokens (organisms) to survive. Lose a token if caught as prey.

Frog

Secondary Consumer

You hop around looking forprey. You use your tongue to catch food. Sometimes your ribbit

You eat: insects, flies, mosquitoes, worms, & small snakes

Must eat 5 tokens (organisms) to survive. Lose a token if caught as prey.

Raccoon

Secondary Consumer

You waddle around looking for anything to eat. You like to "wash" your food before you eat it

You eat: fish, eggs, fruit, vegetables, rats, squirrels, frogs, acorns

Must eat 5 tokens (organisms) to survive. Lose a token if caught as prey.

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Elk

Primary Consumer

You have tall antlers. You walk around searching the ground for food.

You eat: grass and shrubs

Must end the year with 1 token to survive.

Deer

Primary Consumer

You have antlers. You walk around searching the ground for food. You scare easily.

You eat: grass, shrubs, other plants, and

Must end the year with 1 token to survive.

Squirrel

Primary Consumer

You are very busy always running around looking for food. You have a bushy tail

You eat: acorns, nuts, fruit, berries

Must end the year with 1 token to survive.

Mouse

Primary Consumer

You scurry around sniffing for food. You have an excellent sense of smell

You eat: plants, fruit, berries, acorns, nuts, and garbage

Must end the year with 1 token to survive.

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Rabbit

Primary Consumer

You have tall ears and hop to find your food

You eat: grass, shrubs, other plants, fruits, and berries

Must end the year with 1 token to survive.

Rat

Primary Consumer

You have a long tail and two long teeth. you scurry around looking for food

You eat: grass, shrubs, other plants, fruit, acorns, garbage

Must end the year with 1 token to survive.

Grass

Producer

You are tall and skinny and blow in the wind. You enjoy sunlight and rain

If you lose all of your tokens you "die." If another organism dies you can pick up his/her tokens. Must end the year with 1 token.

Shrub

Producer

You are sometimes short and sometimes tall with wide branches. You enjoy sunlight and

If you lose all of your tokens you "die." If another organism dies you can pick up his/her tokens.Must end the year with 1 token