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Move around the playing field on hands and knees.Predator adaptations: Use half a pool noodle for longer arms.
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Choose some of the following ideas, or think of your own based on the animals you are most familiar with or most interested in. Try introducing some into this activity to vary how the predators and prey move around the playing field. Predators and prey have evolved with a variety of adaptations to survive.In your garden, lawn, or outdoor space, have you ever observed a predator-prey interaction? What was it?.Visit your garden, lawn, or outdoor space, and draw a predator or prey animal.How often do you think predators catch their food in the wild?.If you were the prey, what was your strategy to avoid the predator? How well did it work?.If you were the predator, what was your strategy to catch the prey? How well did it work?.Consider setting a time limit for game play to keep everyone engaged and allow time to talk about what everyone observed and learned during the game.During replay, alter the numbers of predator and prey in action. Replay the game several times so all participants have turns as both predator and prey if they want to.The prey wins if it escapes being tagged before the designated time is up. The predator must tag the prey to “eat” and survive. The predator and prey are free to move around inside the playing field for the designated time, which can be decided by you or discussed before the game starts.Participants can stand alone, or a few people can cluster together to make a bigger object in the environment. Everyone else must pick a spot in the playing field and stay rooted like a tree, rock, or another feature of the environment. Select two participants to move around the playing field: one to be the predator, the other to be the prey.Mark the boundaries for the area the game must be played in (the playing field). Have participants spread out in an open area.Ask: Do you think there are more predators or more prey in nature?.Using the background information, introduce the concept of predator-prey relationships.You can use this activity as a time-filler or as a stand-alone lesson. Although many predators exist in the natural world, there are more prey animals than predators in a balanced ecosystem. Some examples of predator-prey relationships are bat and moth, fox and rabbit, and bear and salmon. Hundreds of different predator-prey relationships occur in nature. Prey is the animal the predator feeds upon. Background: A predator is an organism that catches and eats other animals.