Biomagnification Paper Clip Activity:
In this activity, we learned how toxic chemicals get around in the food web/chain. The lower paper clips represent the species at the bottom of the food chain and the paper clips at the top represent the top predators in the food chain. If each individual at the bottom of the food chain were to get dosed with a toxic chemical then it would mean trouble for the top of the food chain. Each individual would be dosed and if the higher species of the food chain were to eat a lot of them, then it would magnify as they also would have the chemical transferred into them. If each of the individuals that ate the lower part of the food chain all ate the same amount, then the individual above them would have all the doses. Seeing as they would more than one, the number of doses will keep rising and rising eventually reaching the top of the food chain where that one animal would have all the doses.