How will these resources help you?

‘When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.’ (Nature writer John Muir). The defining characteristic of any ecosystem is its interdependence, with each component relying upon the others to thrive. These can be biotic or abiotic components, but damage or removal of one has devastating impacts on food webs and nutrient cycling. These concepts can be challenging for students, and these resources approach them from different angles to explore the interconnections, and what happens if they are broken. Students and teachers can use them to focus on the ecosystems, species and connections relevant to their topic of study, and will find them supportive in any unit of The Living World.