Section outline

  • PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

    • We are PLANNING to construct a food web so that we can understand interactions within the ecology of Aotearoa and how humans might impact these.

    Kia ora...

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Explain the concepts of predator, prey, and competition.
    • Discuss how matter is recycled through different groups of organisms - producers, consumers, and decomposers.
    • Build a food web to demonstrate our understanding of ecological relationships within the NZ forest.

    Activities:

    1. Notes from slideshow in class.
    2. EP - food chains and food webs. 
    3. Food web game on brainpop.
    4. Build a NZ forest food web as a class. 
    5. Food web blookets.

    Homework:
    All notes and EP up to date. Starting to think about Science Fair.