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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students identify and explain the relationships within a food web. They use index cards to glue pictures of producers and consumers. On the back of the card, students name the organism, list the type of biome in which it is found. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students engage in hands-on activities which demonstrate the process of decomposition in a freshwater ecosystem. The lesson also focuses on the importance of decomposition and its critical role in the food chain. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students examine the habitat of the chaparral community. They identify the trophic levels in the food chain, view an interactive graphic on the computer, and identify the plants and animals represented in the chaparral community. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine life systems within different biomes. They choose paper plates with the names of animals on them. They research the animals, write reports and draw pictures of them. They create a food chain model by arranging the plates in order. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students discover the difference between omnivores, carnivores and herbivores. In groups, they develop a food chain for a specific animal and research where they live and how they adapt to their environment. To end the lesson, they build their own habitat. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 6th
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Students determine how an animal fits into a food web. Definitions and examples of producers and consumers are given. They create simple food chains in a variety of biomes within a small group. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate the concept of an ecosystem and how they are interconnected according to a hierarchy. Students are exposed to the "Lion King" as an example of a food chain and this is very relevant. They answer several key questions from class discussion. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students explore key terms, including food web and food chain. They discuss Arctic plants and animals, devise at least three Arctic food chains and create a food web showing connections among Arctic life. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the why the balance among producers, predators and prey is necessary in order for an ecosystem to be sustained over time. Through web games and activities, they discover how each component of the food chain works to sustain the ecosystem. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students are given organisms, to orgainze them into a food web. They identify producers, consumers and decomposers. Students are shown a food chain. They discuss what organisms would eat a rabbit, what other organisms would a rabbit eat, what other organisms would grass eat, and what other organisms would lions eat? Full Review »

