DO NOWDate:3/3
Do you believe that humans were meant to eat meat and why?Write at least ½ page
Include your full name and date on top of the paper
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:How does energy flow in food chains and food webs?OBJECTIVES:-Review vocabulary using a card sort-Identify our Target Vocabulary that we will work on this unit.
Predator/Prey Interactions
Cheetah and Gazelle
Polar Bear
Vocabulary Card Sort
Work as a table Group to group the vocabularyCards. Use the Shapes as a hint
Vocab Sheet pg
• Use the highlighter to highlight words from the word sort that you don’t know.
• Tape your vocab sheet to pg ____ in your notebook
Food Chain Dominoes
-Place the dominoes in order of what is consumed by something else
-Place the dominoes upright and knock over the first domino
Food Chains and Food Webs
COPY THIS PICTURE ON PAGE _______ OF YOUR INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKAND COPY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS UNDERNEATH YOUR PICTURE
1) What direction do the arrows travel? What do the arrows represent?
2) What do the dominos represent3) How does energy flow in this food chain?4) What is the primary source of ENERGY for this food chain?
DO NOWDate:3/4
Q: What is the relationship between organisms in an ecosystem?
Give several examples of predators and their prey.
Be prepared to share.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:What is the relationship between organisms in an ecosystem?OBJECTIVES:-Give examples of predator/prey relationships-Create a class food web w/ yarn and add the examples to our Target List
Animal Call OutGive some examples of the organisms these
animals eat….-Sharks-Lions-Cows-Snakes
Give some examples of organisms that eat the following
-Grass-Insects-Rabbits
Food Web Activity
Expectations:-Voice Level of 0 in the hallway-Everyone Participates-Listen when Voice Level of 0 is called
Directions:-Find an organism that eats you, gently toss the
yarn to that student to watch how energy flows in our food web.
Vocabulary Sheet
• Add examples from the class food web to your vocabulary sheet in your notebook
EX: EX: TREE
DO NOWDate:3/53/6
Q: What is the relationship between organisms in an ecosystem?
What is a producer in a food web?
Why are producers important for carnivores in a food web?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:What is the relationship between organisms in an ecosystem?OBJECTIVES:-Complete an ocean food web and identify the role each organism plays-Create a Food web with your table group to test your understanding
Food Webs
• Brainpop- Food Chains and Food Webs
Food Chains and Food Webs pg
Food Chain Activity
-Use the Key to help fill in the Ocean Food Chain-Tape into pg _____ in notebooks
Analyzing our Food Web
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER, AND WRITE IT ON YOUR WHITE BOARD
DON’T LET ANYONE SEE YOUR ANSWER!!!!!
Which organisms are producers in the marine food web?
a. The Sunb. Microscopic water fleas and copepodsc. phytoplankton
What do the arrows represent in a food web?
A) What eats what.B) DirectionsC) The flow of energy through the
ecosystem.
Analyzing our Food Web
How do producers obtain their energy?
A) The SunB) Consuming herbivoresC) Consuming carnivoresD) Chemosynthesis
Analyzing our Food Web
If a large number of producers were destroyed by pollution then…
A) Carnivores would die because they would have fewer herbivores to eat.
B) Carnivore numbers would increase because they would have less competition.
C) There would be no effect on the carnivores.
Analyzing our Food Web
Which organisms compete with the bluefish for a food source?
A) Red snapperB) SharkC) MackerelD) GrouperE) Swordfish
Analyzing our Food Web
Create a Food Web
1) Determine what is eaten by what2) Make sure the arrows are tracing the flow of energy and are
facing the correct direction3) Label all organisms:4) Make sure all of the terms below are included5) Include the Sun in your food web
-Producers -Herbivores -Decomposers-Consumers -Omnivores -Autotrophs-Predators -Carnivores -Heterotrophs-Prey -Scavengers
Food Web Contamination
• What organisms on your food web would be affected if……………
• Be prepared to share out!!
Pre-Ap
• Read your source of Food Web Contamination• Use the information to fill in your worksheet
as a table group
• Be prepared to share out!!
EXIT TICKET
USE the organisms to the Right to complete the “Freshwater” Chart
Directions:Mark a check for each rollthat the organisms playsIn the food web.
DO NOWDate:3/7
Q: How does energy flow in a food web and food pyramid?
EXPLAIN THE ARROWS IN THIS FOOD CHAIN.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:How does energy flow in a food web and food pyramid?OBJECTIVES:-Relate food chains to the ENGERGY PYRAMIND
ENERGY PYRAMID
• Brainpop: Energy Pyramid
10% Rule Mr. Martell506
March 1st2011
100 Units of Energy 10 Units of Energy 1 Unit of Energy
90% of the energy is lost each time it moves up a trophic level
Food Pyramid
• Complete the food pyramid activity using page _____ in the Gateways book
• Complete this on pg ____ in your notebook
EXIT TICKET
Where does energy come from in a food pyramid?
Where does the energy go?
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