2. Monday, Aug. 17th
LT: I can explain how feeding relationships work in an ecosystem.
WU: Explain what an ecosystem is.

3. Warmup
On your warmup sheet, you will answer questions 1-4 on the handout provided.
Write the answer only! You do not have to write the question.
Do no write on my handout!

4. Warmup
On your warmup sheet, you will answer questions 1-4 on the handout provided.
Write the answer only! You do not have to write the question.
Do no write on my handout!

5. 1.
All the living things in an area and the nonliving things they interact with.

6. Living – hawk, cactus, plants, animals, snake2.
Living – hawk, cactus, plants, animals, snake
Nonliving – air, sunlight, sand

7. Population because it is all the deer which means one type of animal3.
Population because it is all the deer which means one type of animal

8. Population: a group of the same organisms4.
Population: a group of the same organisms
Community: the different kinds of organisms in an ecosystem

9. Feeding Relationships
What are some words you’ve heard before that would describe a feeding relationship in an ecosystem?

10. When setting up a food web:
The arrow always goes the direction in which the energy is being transferred. Here’s an example:
Spider and fly…who eats who?
Will the arrow be pointing down or up?
Spider
Fly

11. Please clear everything off your desk

12. Instructions
Read the cards and become familiar with the organisms and their feeding relationships (who eats who?).
Using the arrows provided, show the feeding relationships between the organisms
Every organism should be included.
If an organism is involved in two or more feeding relationships, all the relationships should be indicated with arrows.

13. In an ecosystem, many organisms survive by eating other organisms
In an ecosystem, many organisms survive by eating other organisms. The benefits of the food eaten by one organism can then move to another organism an another as each one is eaten. Can anyone tell me what we call the path that food takes from one organism to another? Food Chain

14. Name one food chain that you can find in your food web
Name one food chain that you can find in your food web. Planktonic algaeBrine ShrimpCalifornia gullcoyotedecomposer

15. Many of the organisms in your feeding-relationship projects are connected with more than one arrow. One organism, phalaropes, eat multiple organisms. Brine shrimp, are eaten by many organisms. When you connect all the organisms with arrows, the arrows cross each other in a complex way. Can anyone recall what we call this diagram that shows all the feeding relationships?
Food Web

16. Which organisms in the food web do not eat any other organisms?
The algae
How can they survive without eating?
Sun, They make their own food
What do we call organisms that make their own food?
Producers

17. They eat other organisms
Producers like algae make their own food, but animals, like brine shrimp and gulls, don’t make their own food. How do animals get their food?
They eat other organisms

18. What do we call organisms that eat other organisms?
Consumers
Consumers can be classified even more specifically. What do we call consumers that eat producers?
Primary Consumer or 1st level
What do we call consumers that eat primary consumers?
Secondary Consumers or 2nd level
What do we call consumers that eat secondary consumers?
Tertiary or (Third-level) Consumers

19. Some organisms are never eaten by consumers, but instead die natural deaths. Dead organisms are broken down and consumed by microorganisms. How do we classify these microorganisms?
Decomposers
Organisms like bacteria and fungi are decomposers. Everything that is not eaten by a consumer is eventually eaten by decomposers.

20. KEY POINT
Everything at every level eventually dies and is decomposed. Decomposers are connected to everything in the food web.

21. Notebook page 11
You will have 5 minutes to individually work on this assignment.
After 5 minutes you will turn to your neighbor to discuss.
Redraw your answer at the bottom of page 11

22. Exit Slip Due by the end of class
Turn in to your class tray when finished
Level 0 while completing the assignment so everyone can focus, please!

23. Warmup
1. Use the words producer, secondary consumer, tertiary, primary consumer, decomposer to fill in the following energy pyramid
Grass  cricket  snake  hawk  bacteria
Identify the decomposer
Identify the producer
Which organism has more energy available– grass or hawk
True or false: Energy flows from snake to cricket.

24. Wednesday, Aug. 19th
LT: I can explain how water collects in a watershed.
WU: What do you think a watershed is? (If you’re having trouble coming up with a definition, think about what you think a “toolshed” is, then use that info to decide what you think a “watershed” is)

25. Let’s take a look at our lab roles:
Materials Manager- gets all materials, only one out of seat, in charge of clean-up process
Facilitator- in charge of watching time, keeps group quiet, keeps notes for the group
Technician- performs the lab and
Director- reads directions, keeps group on task

26. Thursday, Aug. 20th
LT: I can explain how water collects in a watershed.
WU: Explain what the statement “Everything upstream, ends up downstream” means. Think about our models from yesterday.

28. Place your colored article in the center of the table.
Place the chart you filled in in your science folder.
Place your science warm up in your folder if you haven’t done so already.
Stack your table’s science folders in the center of your table as well.

29. Friday, Aug. 21th LT: I can explain estuaries. WU: What is an estuary?
A partially enclosed body of water where freshwater and saltwater meet.