Our Summer STEM from Your Library program is made possible by our sponsors: the Idaho Commission for Libraries and the Idaho STEM Action Center. A big thank you to them for their support!

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It’s the Circle of Life… Use the supplies in the kit to learn about nature’s food chain.

Materials needed:

Small paper cups
Printout of food chain animals
Food Web challenge list
Glue, tape, or other adhesive
Scissors

Click below for a video with more specific instructions.

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Marybeth Isle on July 8, 2021 at 11:07 am

I can’t watch the video. Says it is private.
- Rebekka Hanson on July 8, 2021 at 11:13 am
  
  Thanks for letting us know! We’ve got it fixed now and you should be able to view it with no problems.
Alison on March 12, 2025 at 10:33 am

Where are the printouts?
- Rebekka Hanson on March 13, 2025 at 11:28 am
  
  I don’t believe we have printouts for this one. This blog post is from several years ago. Sorry!

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