Human Food Web

Where do you fit in?

Instructions1. Create a list of the foods that you

have eaten over a couple of days and/or foods you like to eat.

Your food list should contain about 20 foods.

2. What are the ingredients in the foods that you consumed? Make a list of the main ingredients.

3. Create a list of the organisms that supplied the ingredients. E.g. Pork from a pig, milk from a cow, spices

from various plants, sugar from sugar cane, etc.

Use the internet, food packaging, etc. to obtain the ingredients.

Instructions, etc. Create a food web using the

organisms that have supplied the food you have eaten over the last several days. You should also include yourself in the web.

You may include other organisms that the things you ate might have eaten. E.g. Cows will have eaten grass or

grains.

Instructions, cont’d Make as many connections

between organisms as you can.

Label the trophic levels.

Include your lists of foods, ingredients, and organisms with your food web.

The assignment is due Oct. 14th

RubricPoor - 1 Satisfactory - 3 Excellent - 5

Presentation/

Completeness

Difficult to find information

Little impact/aesthetic value

Several missing requirements

Adequate layout

Some impact/aesthetic value

Requirements generally met

Layout very user-friendly

High impact/aesthetic value

All requirements met/exceeded

Content

(weighted x2)

Several errors in food web

Little depth of content

Incorrect scientific information

Few errors in food web

Content coverage acceptable

Scientific info generally correct

No errors in food web

Great depth of content

All scientific information correct