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Wildlife Corridors Game

Elementary, Middle

Description

The Wildlife Corridor Game uses a parachute-style game to demonstrate how we can make school grounds more wildlife friendly. This outdoor activity helps students understand biodiversity, interdependence, and how connected habitats support animals and pollinating insects. Students should have prior knowledge of animals’ basic needs, such as food, water, and shelter, and an understanding of the importance of biodiversity and pollinators.

Using tarpaulins and bean bags, students simulate pollinating insects moving between fragmented field habitats. They then add a third tarpaulin to represent a wildlife corridor and observe how the connection makes movement between habitats easier. The activity demonstrates how corridors provide safer access to food and shelter and help maintain healthy wildlife populations.

Students discuss how school grounds could create habitat connections with surrounding landscapes by adding wildlife-friendly features that support biodiversity.

General Assessment

Recommendation of how and where to use it

This primary science activity introduces students to habitat fragmentation and explores how wildlife corridors can help reconnect these habitats and support biodiversity. This activity can be extended into a place-based inquiry where students can explore the schoolyard to identify existing habitats, gaps, and opportunities to create connections for wildlife and pollinators. They can map the area, investigate local species, and design a wildlife corridor using native plants, recycled materials, or other locally available resources. Students can then create or improve a small habitat area and monitor how it supports biodiversity over time.

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Themes Addressed

Ecosystems (4)

  • Appreciating the Natural World
  • Biodiversity
  • Interdependence
  • Wildlife Protection

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