STUDY HALLSIT QUIETLY IN YOUR ASSIGNED SEATS

GET YOUR BLUE CARD OUT

PLACE IT ON YOUR DESK

WARM UPLABEL THE FOLLOWING ORGANISMS AS

PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS, DECOMPOSERS

MUSHROOMSSUNFLOWERSWORMSSHARKSELEPHANTSCORN GET YOUR BLUE CARD OUT & PLACE IT ON YOUR

DESK

VOLUNTEERS….DID YOU GET THESE RIGHT?

MUSHROOMS - DECOMPOSERSSUNFLOWERS - PRODUCERSWORMS - DECOMPOSERSSHARKS - CONSUMERSELEPHANTS - CONSUMERSCORN - PRODUCERS

WRITE IN NOTEBOOK

Food chains: show how plant life and animal life get bridged together by the things they eat.

Like links of a chain

WRITE IN NOTEBOOKFood chains are important to all life on Earth.

Within the chain, all organisms depend on one another to survive

Food Chain Brain Pop http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecolog

yandbehavior/foodchains/

Bill Nye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YwW-iWxLr4

Activity TimeNow we are going to make a food chain together…

You need to fold your paper so that you have FIVE even sections.

Foldable time! Use the paper in your notebookFollow along with teacherFold it like a hotdog. Divide the page into 5 equal

sections

Wait patiently and silently for further instructions.

Draw this on your foldable…

Energy

Energy returned to the environment

energy energy energy

Mr. Parr song on food chains https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWfEn8J5xKM

Do we understand…..On one end of the chain we find plant life; at the other end we can find carnivores.

Example: Tigers eat gazelles, and gazelles eat grass.

These organisms are linked together in a food chain.

Do we understand…..Decomposers connect the ends of the food chains

They are nature’s recyclersThey return nutrients to the soil and environment to be used again

10 MINUTES

COMPLETE QUIET!

Quarter 3 Review How about a round of Jeopardy?

Now it’s your turn… You have 5 minutes….

Write down 1 producer, 3 consumers, and 1 decomposer.

Consumers…think of 1 herbivore, 1 omnivore, and 1 carnivore that belong together (think of things that belong together, like a eating a mouse but DO NOT use that example)

Now write them down in your notebook

Now it’s your turn… You have 1 producer, 3 consumers, and 1

decomposer. Fold your paper like we did before Outside:

All 5 flaps are labeled. All 5 flaps have a drawing. Energy flow arrows are included.

Inside: Each type is defined. You explained your food chain and how the

organism fits in it.

Role of decomposers How return nutrients to the environment Fungi on fallen logs Mold on bread

Bacteria in animal guts Role of bacteria in guts of animals and

plant roots as it helps to recycle matter

Do you think worms and insects are decomposers?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6V0a_7N1Mw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6sFP_7Vezg

Decomposing Rabbit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6sF

P_7Vezg

Decomposers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6V0

a_7N1Mw

Weaving the Food Web

Up out of your seats

Let’s form a circleLet’s behave

Carbon Cycle Water, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and

oxygen are substances cycled between the living and non-living environments.