What are the Connections?

Part of the Biodiversity Counts Curriculum Collection.

What makes the world tick for ticks? Students investigate the complex interactions between plants, arthropods, and the abiotic factors with the "Web of Life" game and articles about plant/arthropod interactions.

 

Article Investigating Plant-Arthropod Interactions Learn why one doctoral candidate thinks the best part of discovery is following a trail of questions. Article Plant/Arthropod Interactions To attract helpful arthropods and fend off harmful ones, plants use their important chemical and mechanical attributes. Game + Hands-on Web of Life In this group game, discover how different species in an ecosystem are connected and depend on each other to survive. As you play,... Article Saving El Imposible: A Biodiversity Puzzle Journey to El Salvador for a visit to El Imposible, where you have to go on horseback or foot to see the entire forest.