You Will Need

Provided Resources

• A set of 1-6 hold up cards per group of 3-4 children from the Resource Pack - alternatively give each group a 1-6 set of digit cards or a number fan

Additional Resources

• A tub of cubes or counters (to award as game points)
• Specimens to show decomposers at work: some mushrooms, or better still some decaying wood that has some fungi growing on it (if you can find some), some mouldy or mildewed fruit, e.g. over ripe strawberries, plums or grapes with mouldy “bloom” on them, some mouldy bread in a sealed clear plastic bag, some soil with decaying leaf mould in it and ideally some creatures that are decomposers along with it, e.g. woodlice, centipedes etc.
• Magnifying lenses and/or binocular viewers
• Pencils & pens
• Paper

Weblinks
Food chains and food webs in animals from www.bbc.com