Justine Foster's SMARTboard Lesson
Jun 28, 2015
Justine Foster'sSMARTboard
Lesson
Content Area Science
Standard 5.3 Life Science: All students will understand that life science principles are powerful conceptual tools for making sense of the complexity, diversity, and interconnectedness of life on Earth. Order in natural systems arises in accordance with rules that govern the physical world, and the order of natural systems can be modeled and predicted through the use of mathematics.
Strand B. Matter and Energy Transformations: Food is required for energy and building cellular materials. Organisms in an ecosystem have different ways of obtaining food, and some organisms obtain their food directly from other organisms.By the end of
gradeContent Statement
CPI# Cumulative Progress Indicator (CPI)
4 Almost all energy (food) and matter can be traced to the Sun.
5.3.4.B.1 Identify sources of energy (food) in a variety of settings (farm, zoo, ocean, forest).
NJ Core Curriculum Standards
Every organism requires energy in order to live. Like you, all living things get their
energy from the food they eat so they are able to move and grow.
Example: Plants get energy from the sun, certain animals get their energy from eating
plants, and some animals get energy from eating other animals.
A food chain links the sources of food and energy. It shows how nutrients and energy
is passed from organism to organism starting with plant life and ending with
animal life.
Food Chain
Parts of the Food Chain
A food chain is a sequence in a biological community (an ecosystem). It organizes living things by what they eat or what is eating them.In a food chain, the arrows show a flow of energy. It all begins with an energy source.The next "link" in the chain would be an organism that makes its own food from the energy source. They are called producers (autotrophs).
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PLANTS that make their own food from sunlight (using the process of photosynthesis).
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Next in the chain are the animals. They are called consumers. This is because they do not make their own
food. Instead, they consume (eat) plants and/or other animals.
There are three groups of consumers:Animals that eat only plants.
Animals that eat only other animals.
Animals that eat both plants and animals.
Omnivores
Examples of Consumers
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Toward the "top" of the food chain are animals that have little or no natural enemies. They can be seen as top predators.
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Primary Decomposers:
Bacteria and fungi
When an organism dies, it is broken down by decomposers and is then turned into nutrients. The nutrients and minerals are then released back into the soil. This then is used by plants, thus completing and repeating the cycle of the food chain.
Parts of food chain:Bird, Flower, Caterpillar
Food Chain Activity
Bacteria
Energy Source
Shark
Fish
Complete the Cycle..
Plankton
Which of the following could be the producer for a food chain?
Which category best describes an animal that only eats plants?
Which of the following describes what a food chain shows?
earthworm No, try again
green algae Correct!
lady bug No, try again
carnivore No, try again
producer No, try again
herbivore Correct!
How energy flows through a community.
Correct!
How animals move in a community. No, try again
Which foods grow the best in a community.
No, try again
Optional Activity:Breakup into pairs.
Using a pen and paper draw and create a different food chain with a partner.
Think of other habitats such as a desert, ocean, rain forest, farm, zoo, pond.
Works Cited
Col, J. (2010). Food Chains and Food Webs: "What's for Dinner?". Retrieved from
Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/foodchain/
EconGuru. (2006, October). Fundamentals of Ecology. Retrieved from EconGuru:
http://www.econguru.com/fundamentals_of_ecology/ecosystems.html
EPA. (n.d.). Food Web. Retrieved from EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/foodweb.html
Fremont Magnet Elementary. (n.d.). Food Chains. Retrieved from Fremont: http://schools.bcsd.com/fremont/4th_Sci_Life_food_chains.htm
Sheppards Software. (n.d.). The Food Chain. Retrieved from Sheppards Software: we make learning fun: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner foodchain/foodchain.htm
Smith, R. (2013). Science Games for Kids: Food Chains. Retrieved from Science Kids: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/foodchains.html