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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
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