Cutting the Strands of the Web of Life
What Is It?
This is a visual, interactive activity to illustrate the global threats to the web of life.
Why Do it?
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- To explain what the web of life is (the support systems for all life on earth), and how we are all dependent on the health of the web of life.
- To demonstrate the role of living beings (the spider) to maintain and repair the web of life.
- To experience the impact of the ecological crisis on the web of life in a visual and visceral way.
Time
30 minutes – 45 minutes
Materials needed
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- Ball of yarn or other inexpensive string
- 1-2 pairs of scissors