1. Unit 4 Seminar Food Chains and Food Webs
Molika Chea, MS, CHES
Kaplan University
SC300

2. Unit 4 Objectives
Evaluate the suitability of energy sources for human communities.
Formulate contextually appropriate strategies for sourcing energy.
Assess the dangers of naturally occurring geologic energy to their community.
Compare food chains and food webs.

3. Unit 4 Assignments Energy and Earthquake Modules
Reading: Review Chapters 3 & 17
Videos: Plate Tectonics & Tsunamis; Solar Panels
Web Resource:
Energy and Earthquake Modules
Discussion:
What is the best energy source for Kaplanville?
Groups
Seminar: Food Chains and Food Webs
Project: Earthquakes

4. Discussion Board

5. Discussion Board

6. Help Hours Kaplan Science Center Live Help Hours
Sunday: 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM ET Monday:
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM ET and 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM ET
Tuesday:

7. Discovery Channel Clip
Source:

8. Food Web Link
gen.kaplan.edu/SC300_1005A/images/pro duct/LMfoodweb.pdf

9. Food Webs Consumers Producers
Source: Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

10. Seminar Discussion
Describe some examples of food chains in the area where you live.

11. Seminar Discussion Do you live on a food chain or a food web?
Why do you think it is better to live as part of a food web than on a food chain?

12. Seminar Discussion
In the Lake Michigan food web, what might happen to the population of blue- green algae if the amphipods started dying?

13. Food Webs Consumers Producers
Source: Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

14. Seminar Discussion
What would happen to the population of Lake whitefish if the amphipods started dying?

15. Food Webs Consumers Producers
Source: Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

16. Seminar Discussion
What might happen to the mollusks if the amphipods started dying�even though the mollusks aren’t directly connected to the amphipods?

17. Food Webs Consumers Producers
Source: Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

18. Seminar Discussion
In food chains and food webs, only about 10% of the energy�expressed as calories�from eating a creature get transferred up into the next level of the food chain.
What happens to the other 90% of the calories?

19. Discovery Channel Clip
Source:

20. Unit 5 Seminar Reschedule
Rescheduled for Sunday, July 8th at 8 pm ET
Enjoy your July 4th!
Microsoft Clip Art

21. Earthquake Project- APA Format
Cover Page
Abstract
Introduction
Questions 1-9
Conclusion
References
Helpful Tip:
Complete the Questions 1-9 first
Then go back to do the cover page, abstract, introduction, conclusion
Complete the Reference Page as you go along

22. Project Requirements

23. Unit 5 Preview Complete Quiz
Reading: Chapter 4 (p )
Web Resource: Solar System & Science
What is Menopause?
Discussion: Causes of Natural Disasters
Seminar: Equilibrium and Menopause
Project: Temperature and Equilibrium Virtual Lab
Complete Quiz
Use the questions to study for the quiz – no need to submit!

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