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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 In her search for answers, this doctoral candidate mostly came up with more questions—a result that made her happy. Learn why... Article Plant/Arthropod Interactions Not all arthropods are equal in the eyes of plants. To attract helpful ones and fend off harmful ones, plants use their impor... Educator Materials Web of Life In this group game, discover how all the players in an ecosystem depend on each other to survive. As you play, you'll come up... 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. This...