1. DO NOW Date: 3/3 Do you believe that humans were meant to eat meat and why? Write at least ½ page Include your full name and date on top of the paper

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does energy flow in food chains and food webs? OBJECTIVES: -Review vocabulary using a card sort -Identify our Target Vocabulary that we will work on this unit.

3. Predator/Prey Interactions Cheetah and Gazelle Polar Bear

4. Vocabulary Card Sort Work as a table Group to group the vocabulary Cards. Use the Shapes as a hint

5. Vocab Sheet pg Use the highlighter to highlight words from the word sort that you don’t know. Tape your vocab sheet to pg ____ in your notebook

6. Food Chain Dominoes -Place the dominoes in order of what is consumed by something else -Place the dominoes upright and knock over the first domino

7. Food Chains and Food Webs COPY THIS PICTURE ON PAGE _______ OF YOUR INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK AND COPY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS UNDERNEATH YOUR PICTURE 1)What direction do the arrows travel? What do the arrows represent? 2)What do the dominos represent 3)How does energy flow in this food chain? 4)What is the primary source of ENERGY for this food chain?

8. DO NOW Date: 3/4 Q: What is the relationship between organisms in an ecosystem? Give several examples of predators and their prey. Be prepared to share.

9. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What is the relationship between organisms in an ecosystem? OBJECTIVES: -Give examples of predator/prey relationships -Create a class food web w/ yarn and add the examples to our Target List

10. Animal Call Out Give some examples of the organisms these animals eat…. - Sharks -Lions -Cows -Snakes Give some examples of organisms that eat the following -Grass -Insects -Rabbits

11. Food Web Activity Expectations: -Voice Level of 0 in the hallway -Everyone Participates -Listen when Voice Level of 0 is called Directions: -Find an organism that eats you, gently toss the yarn to that student to watch how energy flows in our food web.

12. Vocabulary Sheet Add examples from the class food web to your vocabulary sheet in your notebook EX: EX: TREE

13. DO NOW Date: 3/5 3/6 Q: What is the relationship between organisms in an ecosystem? What is a producer in a food web? Why are producers important for carnivores in a food web?

14. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What is the relationship between organisms in an ecosystem? OBJECTIVES: -Complete an ocean food web and identify the role each organism plays -Create a Food web with your table group to test your understanding

15. Food Webs Brainpop- Food Chains and Food Webs

16. Food Chains and Food Webs pg Food Chain Activity -Use the Key to help fill in the Ocean Food Chain -Tape into pg _____ in notebooks

17. Analyzing our Food Web CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER, AND WRITE IT ON YOUR WHITE BOARD DON’T LET ANYONE SEE YOUR ANSWER!!!!! Which organisms are producers in the marine food web? a.The Sun b.Microscopic water fleas and copepods c. phytoplankton

18. What do the arrows represent in a food web? A)What eats what. B)Directions C)The flow of energy through the ecosystem. Analyzing our Food Web

19. How do producers obtain their energy? A)The Sun B)Consuming herbivores C)Consuming carnivores D)Chemosynthesis Analyzing our Food Web

20. If a large number of producers were destroyed by pollution then… A)Carnivores would die because they would have fewer herbivores to eat. B)Carnivore numbers would increase because they would have less competition. C)There would be no effect on the carnivores. Analyzing our Food Web

21. Which organisms compete with the bluefish for a food source? A)Red snapper B)Shark C)Mackerel D)Grouper E)Swordfish Analyzing our Food Web

22. Create a Food Web 1)Determine what is eaten by what 2)Make sure the arrows are tracing the flow of energy and are facing the correct direction 3)Label all organisms: 4)Make sure all of the terms below are included 5)Include the Sun in your food web -Producers -Herbivores -Decomposers -Consumers -Omnivores -Autotrophs -Predators -Carnivores -Heterotrophs -Prey -Scavengers

23. Food Web Contamination What organisms on your food web would be affected if…………… Be prepared to share out!!

24. Pre-Ap Read your source of Food Web Contamination Use the information to fill in your worksheet as a table group Be prepared to share out!!

25. EXIT TICKET USE the organisms to the Right to complete the “Freshwater” Chart Directions: Mark a check for each roll that the organisms plays In the food web.

26. DO NOW Date: 3/7 Q: How does energy flow in a food web and food pyramid? EXPLAIN THE ARROWS IN THIS FOOD CHAIN.

27. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does energy flow in a food web and food pyramid? OBJECTIVES: -Relate food chains to the ENGERGY PYRAMIND

28. ENERGY PYRAMID Brainpop: Energy Pyramid

29. 10% Rule Mr. Martell 506 March 1st 2011 100 Units of Energy 10 Units of Energy 1 Unit of Energy 90% of the energy is lost each time it moves up a trophic level

30. Food Pyramid Complete the food pyramid activity using page _____ in the Gateways book Complete this on pg ____ in your notebook

31. EXIT TICKET Where does energy come from in a food pyramid? Where does the energy go?