Section outline

  • Kia ora Year 9s

    Success Criteria:

    Identify organisms in ecological terms - carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, producer, consumer, decomposer
    Describe how these organisms interact in a food web, and how they are all essential to the strength of biodiversity
    Categorise organisms in an energy pyramid
    Explain the 10% energy transfer rule through each trophic level

    Activities:

    1. Draw a food web
    2. Ameoba sisters- Energy pyramids and biodiversity
    3. Create an energy pyramid of native NZ endangered/endemic species, labelling each trophic label and amount of energy transfer

    Further Learning:
    All resources are on Google classroom, EP, and Brainpop


    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING the natural world around us
    • We are EXPLORING the interactions between all living organisms in our biosphere
    • We are EXPLORING the significant impact human actions (and inactions) have impacted on the equilibrium of our biosphere