Class Reflection

One class activity I remember clearly is when we did a simulation of predation and how prey use camoflauge to their advantage. The activity we did was that the teacher scattered different colored toothpicks across the grass. Some were blue, green, yellow, red, and wood colored. Everyone lined up against the edge of the grass. When the teacher said "go", everyone charged into the area where the toothpicks were. After that, we counted how many of each color we found. We did a couple of trials to make sure our information was reliable. In the end we saw that green and blue were found the least and yellow and wood were found the most. This was because green and blue were similar to the color of the grass. Also yellow and wood contrasted with grass and stood out more to our eyes. That does not mean that they were extremely easy to find because they had the simialr shape of a blade of grass and the ends where sharp. Since the ends were sharp, if you got poked then you slowed down and were more careful. In the wild, that time is all the prey needs to escape. This activity really helped me to visualize what would actually happen in the wild with other animals. That is probably why this experience is so rememberable to me.