Section outline

  • PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

      • We are PLANNING to construct interactive food webs and food chains to demonstrate our understanding of the interactions of biotic factors within the ecosystem
      • We are PLANNING to apply our knowledge of the impacts of human and natural induced issues to consult and promote the importance of protecting our ecosystems and the interactions within it

    Food chains & food webs (article) | Ecology | Khan Academy


    Kia ora ākonga, 

    This week we will be finishing off our topic in ecology and looking at food chains, and the impacts of humans/nature on habitats and the organisms that live within it. 

    Plan for the week is as follows: 

    Tuesday: Food chains/walking food chain activity 

    Step on it! A life-sized food web — The Science Penguin



    Wednesday: Make your own food chains 
    Thursday: Watching lorax movie and answering questions in worksheet 
    SCIplanet - Lessons from “The Lorax”

    Success Criteria: I can

    • describe ecology as the study of organisms and their environment
    • Distinguish between producers and consumers
    • Distinguish between herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and decomposers 
    • Draw a food chain and explain the energy transfers occurring 
    • Use food webs to identify feeding relationships 

    Activities:

    1. Googleclassroom - creating food chains 

    2. hands-on interactive walking  food web

    3. Lorax movie and worksheet