How come we don't eat worms, but we eat fish that eat worms? A video features the food chain and explains why a food web is a better explanation for biodiversity. It includes explanations of producers, autotrophs, consumers, heterotrophs, decomposers, and the energy pyramid. 

Concepts

food webs, the energy pyramid, biodiversity, food chains, producers, autotrophs, consumers, heterotrophs, decomposers

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• The publisher's website offers worksheets that align with the video
• Have students draw a food chain from your local environment

Classroom Considerations

• Video requires no prior knowledge
• The thirtieth video in a series of 33

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Lesson works for both a traditional or flipped classroom
• The video creators monitor the comment section for foul language

Cons

• None