Ecosystems and Biomes
Energy Flow and Food Chains
Warmup
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Cooperative groups will pair with the same numbers. If and when you move to cooperative groups, each expert should explain their field to the others and create a Tree Map classifying the characteristics of each. You will do a project on Friday that goes with this.
1st Period
Food chain experts: 1 Ashley, 2 Abigail, 3 Sergio, 4 Luis
Producer experts: 1 Jose, 2 Daniel, 3 Laura, 4 Alex
Consumer experts: 1 Jordan, 2 Ariel, 3 Jesus, 3 Yariann, 4 Aldo
Decomposer experts: 1Leslie, 2 Britany, 3 Fermin, 4 Edson, 4 Israel
5th Period
Food chain experts: 1 Merideth, 2 Saffron, 3 Jack, 4 Thea
Producer experts: 1 Sydney, 2 Joshua, 3 Jordan, 4 Mariah
Consumer experts: 1 Nuha, 2 Mia, 3 Caitlin, 4 Rohit
Decomposer experts: 1 Jackson, 2 Sumana, 3 William, 4 Sameer
Food Chain Project Jobs
Food chain arrows – The person will read about food chains. He/she will be able to teach the other members of his/her team how the chain flows. What do the arrows represent? Who starts the chain? Who ends the chain?
Producer - The person will read about producers in a food chain. He/she will be able to teach the other members of his/her team: 1. What producers are 2. How they impact the food chain 3. Examples of producers
Consumer - The person will read about consumers in a food chain. He/she will be able to teach the other members of his/her team: 1. What they are: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary 2. How they impact the food chain 3. Examples of consumers
Decomposers - The person will read about decomposers in a food chain. He/she will be able to teach the other members of his/her team: 1. What they are 2. How they impact the food chain 3. Examples of decomposers