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Exploration:
Students will be given an assortment of producers and consumer pictures.
Students will sort them into any groupings they wish. Students should
identify the groupings and then make different groupings.
Explanation:
Students will share their groupings through the Padlet page. Students must
comment on at least two peers groupings. Students will also define each
word included in the groupings.
Students should also watch the video available at
http://study.com/academy/lesson/food-chains-trophic-levels-and-energyflow-in-an-ecosystem.html in order to define the terms.
Producer: Make their own energy during photosynthesis (plants)
Consumer: Must eat in order to get energy
Decomposer: Break down dead plants and animals for energy
Herbivore: Consumer that eats only plants
Carnivore: Consumer that eats only other animals
Omnivore: Consumer that plants and animals
Elaboration/Application:
Using the students notebook file, the discussions from the Padlet, and the
defintitons, students will create a possible food chain involving at least 4
pictures. Students should label each picture with the appropriate word.
Evaluation:
Students will turn in the food chain notebook file into the drop box.