Food Webs & Population
by Anonymous
Remove one species from a food web to see who starves and how populations swing back to equilibrium.
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About this app
Food Webs & Population is an interactive elementary science app for exploring relationships in an ecosystem. Tap organisms such as grass, rabbits, foxes, hawks, snakes, frogs, and mushrooms to see who eats whom, remove one organism to identify species that lose a food source, and observe population changes over time. A challenge section tests understanding of producers, consumers, decomposers, food loss, and population trends.
Use cases
- Elementary students learning about food webs and ecosystems
- Teachers demonstrating predator–prey relationships in class
- Learners investigating how removing a species affects other organisms
- Students practicing population balance and ecological reasoning
Features
- Interactive food web with directional feeding arrows
- Organism details showing what each species eats and what eats it
- Removal simulation that identifies organisms likely to go hungry
- Population simulation for grass, rabbits, and foxes
- Controls for adding foxes, adding rabbits, and simulating drought
- Quiz with score, streak, and star tracking