Rocky Shore Food Chain Drama

1. Rocky Shore Food Chain Drama Scene descriptions

2. Before you start…. • Remind students to respect each other during the drama and to act like their animal/plant. • No hitting or pushing is allowed during the drama • Go over how each animal moves • Remind them of the 4 groups: the producers, the grazers, the scavengers, and the predators.

3. Scene 1 • The tide is low • Algae is on stage • The grazers enter and hunker down • Opihi and pipipi should be on the rocks • The sun starts to rise………

4. Scene 2 • As the sun is rising, the algae begin moving back in forth because they are getting energy from the sun to make their own food. • The tide begins to rise too • The plankton begin to drift around in the water

5. Scene 3 • The rock-boring urchins (‘ina) grab plankton drifting by using their tube feet • Helmet urchins move around on rocks and scrape algae off the rocks. • The sea cucumber (loli) slowly moves and grazes on the algae using its tentacles

6. Scene 4 • Then, a brittle star grabs some plankton and scavenges the floor of the tidepool • A sea star moves on the floor and eats urchins • The a’ama and hermit crab scavenge and eat pipipi if they can

7. Scene 5 • The tide goes down again (low tide) • The sun goes down, and the moon rises. • All animals left hunker down to protect themselves and keep their moisture in. • The algae stop moving because the sunlight is gone. The end.