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Tropical rainforest food web science fair project model idea

Post by hertaru »

what would be a good model for the science fair my topic is the tropical rainforest food web. and i dont want to just write out a food web need good ideas thanks.
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Re: Tropical rainforest food web science fair project model idea

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Hi,

I'm not quite sure what you're asking, so let me make sure I have this right. You need to make some kind of a model of a food web in a tropical ecosystem, and you want ideas about what sort of a model to make?

Off the top of my head, you could use pictures from the internet instead of writing it out, or you could try to craft replicas of the various plants/animals/fungi/etc. out of your favorite crafting substance (construction paper, clay, beads, pipe cleaners, etc.). Of course, tropical food webs tend to be very complex, so this might take you a while!

Could you tell us a little bit more about the requirements for the project?
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Re: Tropical rainforest food web science fair project model idea

Post by deleted-71827 »

Hi!
More information would definitely help us out more! In the meantime, perhaps you could try finding cool pictures online and making a colorful collage of all the animals and plants which are part of the tropical rainforest food web. Here are some websites that might help to start you off-
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&r ... a=N&tab=wi
http://images.google.com/images?sourcei ... =en&tab=wi
http://images.google.com/images?q=tropi ... &um=1&sa=2
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