Everglades National Park
EDUCATION PROGRAM

SHARK VALLEY GUIDE

Food Chain

Flora and Fauna

The following pages examine specific flora and fauna of the Everglades. As you read the material think about possible applications to your classroom activities. Have your students design food chains and food webs. Have them discuss animal and plant adaptations and connections among water, habitats, food sources, and the wildlife found in each habitat.

Food Web

Classroom Activity

Utilize the following sections of this guide for a classroom activity: Adaptations, Which is Which: Plants, Which is Which?: Fishes and Snails, Which is Which: Reptiles, Which is Which: Birds, or Which is Which: Mammals.

Divide your class into 5 groups. Give each group a definition page and a picture page. Have students match pictures with definitions. Have groups do additional research, drawing other Everglades plants or animals that are not pictured. Have individual groups make a presentation about the plants or animals that they were assigned to work on.

Interrelationships