Food Web, Energy Flow, and Relationship by Numbers Michael, Arielle, & Gene

Information Biology Ecology/Biodiversity: How does energy flow through a diverse ecosystem? How does the relationships between different organisms affect the flow of energy?

Lesson Overview Opening: What do you know & What do you need to know? Work through a simple example of a food web as a class.

Table 1 Hawk Owl Fox Mouse Cricket Rabbit Caterpillar Deer Chipmunk Brid Mosquito Spider 1 Bird Tree Grass

Lesson Overview Cont. Provide a complex food web.

Table 1 Wild Hog Snakes Jaguars Alligators Monkey Sloth Bat Deer Frog Toucan Mice Squirrel Butterfly Worm Beetles Fungi Alligator 1 Toucans Banana Bushes Grasses Orchids Snake

Assessment Assign groups perform the same analysis of a food web in a biome of their choice. Create and present their results. Graded by a rubric.

Extension javaBenzer Overlap Niches 10% rule