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?