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  • In this activity, students construct a food web using string and pictures. Their web will show the network of species in the ecosystem that is supported by honeydew produced by scale insects.

    By the end of this activity, students should be able to:

    • describe relationships between particular organisms within the New Zealand bush ecosystem
    • build their own food web to show the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem.

    Download the Word file for:

    • introduction/background notes
    • what you need
    • what to do
    • discussion questions
    • extension ideas.

    Download a PDF of the food web cards.

      Published 30 April 2009, Updated 13 December 2011 Referencing Hub articles
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