Stack up the fun as students learn about food chains, food webs, and energy transfer through an ecosystem with this engaging hands-on ecology activity.
WHAT'S INCLUDED in this 1-2 DAY LESSON:
• 4 page NON-EDITABLE PDF handout with student directions and template
• Colored Teacher Example
STUDENTS WILL:
• Research an ecosystem and identify a food chain within that ecosystem
• Draw and color organisms from the food chain onto the template
• Calculate the energy transferred from one level to the next
• Identify the types of consumers in the food chain
• Cut out and assemble the stackable food chain in the correct order
Use this lesson on its own or GO BIG and get it in our 6-7 week long Ecology Bundled Unit: PowerPoint and ALL Handouts a 4-5 week long unit is composed of 130+ slide PowerPoint and 40+ pages of handouts which includes all FOUR sections and the accompanying study guide:
1. What's in an Ecosystem- intro to Ecology
2. Food Chains & Food Webs
3. Interactions Among Living Things
4. Biomes of the World
5. Study Guide for Ecology Unit
SEE HOW THIS LESSON ALIGNS WITH THE NGSS, TEKS or GSE
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