Food chains and food webs see nature observing nature. We use your linkedin profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads. Once they have it developed, provide a large piece of construction paper and glue to create a display. Small insects and fish provide food for larger creatures. Or how humans can change the health of a lake or a pond. Have them imagine being a specific reptile or amphibian living in the pond. Food pyramid the flow of energy up through food chain trophic levels, from. The pond pack royal borough of kensington and chelsea.
Activity 6 food web worksheet read through the text. A food web is the elaborate, interconnected feeding relationships of who eats whom in an ecosystem. Asian carp consume zooplankton, which many fishes typically feed on in their. Discuss the different organisms found in a food web producers, consumers, and decomposers. What would happen to your food web if the population of great blue heron was to double. Children will be able to observe a diversity of different creatures from leeches to dragonfly nymphs. Play pond food chain or food web games to enable children to appreciate the importance of invertebrates. Pass out randomly to groups to create their food chain mobile. They will need to work together to figure a way to add additional cards to their food webs to meet this requirement. Pond water pond water web webweb lesson plan lesson. Students investigate the links between the sun, plants and animals, building their understanding of the web of nutrient dependency. Students will learn about the structure of the pond food web and the organisms that participate in that food web. The food chain is an example of how some animals may eat other animals or plants to survive. Food chain food web teachercreated lesson plan common.
Suggested grade level 2 5 estimated time 30 40 minutes objectives students will be able to. Students color and label two pond producers cattails and lily pads. Food web project rubric 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 0 points food web the student includes 3 food chains that create an interlocking food web. Ponds are small bodies of still, or not moving, fresh water that are surrounded by land. Going through the quiz and worksheet is a great way to see what you know about pond food chains.
An example of a common, linear aquatic food chain is. Remind students that the food webs must use at least 10 of the critter cards, including the three with stars. Food chains show only a single set of energy transfers, ignoring that many organisms obtain energy from many different sources, and in turn may provide energy to many different organisms. Frogs, minnows, snails, ducks, catfish, and muskrats are a few of the animals that make up a lake and pond food web. The food chain in a pond virginia department of education. Pond water pond water web webweb lesson plan lesson plan lesson plan purpose. Along the way, they learn how plants, insects, and animals are all connected in the ecosystem. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Aquatic insects are small invertebrates that depend upon aquatic systems for all or part of their lifecycles, either for living beneath the waters surface or skimming along the. Categorization of organisms under each appropriate labels. When finished, allow time for the groups to compare their food webs and record their answers on the student worksheet. As an extension to this activity, children may add their own choices to their mobile andor construct a staggered mobile. Food chain sort cut and paste producer, consumer, decomposer ecology i would use this activity to have students practice identifying organisms in the food web as as producer, consumer, or decomposer. Many common animals which could be included in the food web above have been omitted in the interests of simplicity.
This activity uses soda, ice cream, sprinkles, colored sugars, and food coloring to represent the layers of earth and aquifers under the surface. Food webs and food chains worksheet 1 look at this food chain. Explain that the food web of the pond depends on the energy inputs from the sun, and the nutrients from the land that get washed into the pond. The food chain in a pond sunlight provides energy for plants to grow. If they were all included, the number of links in the foodweb would make it impossible to follow. From what they have seen, can the students surmise who are the predators and prey. Food web lesson outline lower columbia estuary partnership. Spark the interest of students of grade 2 through grade 7 with these meticulously designed food chain worksheets to interpret terrestrial, aquatic and forest food chains, comprehend food webs and flow of energy in the energy pyramids, get acquainted with frequently used terms in. Pond life 32 cards set the food web slideshow pond connections fact sheet student page science notebooks powerpoint slide show on pond food web found under procedure tab art supplies such as colored pencils and colored markers cameras are optional depending on actual visit to a pond where photographs can be taken. Have the groups separate their cards into the different categories and record the organisms on the student worksheet. Farm pond ecosystems maintain the complex farm pond food chain by functioning as both predators and prey. Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below that represents an energy pyramid in a meadow ecosystem and on your knowledge of biology.
Once you have printed the pond food web, your next task is to summarize in your own words, what is happening in your food web. Aa and b ba and e cb and d dc and e which two organisms are carnivores. It is a useful tool in delivering the science primary curriculum section on life process and living things sc2. Discuss the interdependence of creatures that live in a pond. The students will use organism cards to build a pond food chain. In fact, a food web may have many different food chains embedded in it. Learn to create food chains and understand that plants and creatures in a habitat are interdependent. Activity 25min pass out a set of food chain cards to each table or group of 34 students and a food web recording sheet to each student. Sometimes people can eat fish and plants from ponds, too.
Words include carnivore, omnivore, herbivore, producer, consumer, predator, prey, food chain, food web, organism, and scavenger. This food chain chart specifically illustrates the pond food chain and is accompanied by a fillintheblanks exercise to check comprehension. Phytoplankton microscopic plants zooplankton microscopic animals insects blue gill largemouth bass turtle bacteria in reality, most food chains are usually complex and interconnected. This food web includes producers, consumers, and decomposers. The research team can create a food web or food chain that includes the organism they studied.
Kids are born with an innate curiosity and love for animals which leads them to question the food habits of animals. Provide copies of the life in a pond cards for each group. Food web a more complex system of interlocking and independent food chains. Two of the herbivores represented in this food web are 24. This is a pond life food chain insert that focuses on producers pond plant life. Students learn about energy flow in food webs, including the roles of the sun, producers, consumers and decomposers in the energy cycle.
New jersey marine science center consortium, education program lesson plans maine bureau of land. Part of scholastic s mexican wild cats project, the build a food web online activity grades 48 challenges students to figure out who are the predators and who are their prey by matching them up. Collingwood neighbourhood elementary school, vancouver school district. These are the key vocabulary associated with the concept. Ask students to imagine that they are animals in australias shark bay ecosystem.
Aquatic insects are small invertebrates that depend upon aquatic systems for all or part of their lifecycles, either for living beneath the waters surface or skimming along the top of the water. The torrens river starts in the adelaide hills as several small creeks which join to. Pond circle, song of the water boatman, or the like. Highly eutrophic or polluted lakes can result from activities in the watershed that release plant nutrients. There is a variety of additional links for more information about the food chain.
The graph below represents a change in event a that leads. It is extremely simplified, with many common animals left out. What is the difference between a food web and a food chain. But do you know why mosquitoes, mold, water lilies, and bacteria are important too. After this, save your sheet one more time and print it out. Other factors that influence the pond food web include the availability of oxygen and the temperature of the water. Bold standards are the main standards addressed in this activity. The student created 3 food chains but they do not interlock to create a food web. Plant and animal detritus is eaten by creatures who live in the mud at the bottom of the pond. This activity will focus on one of south carolinas many aquatic environments the pond habitat. This is a good activity to use when teaching food chains and the food web. An illustration of a food web, with lines drawn between predators and prey, creates a web of relationships. Design a food web and answer some questions from the following information.
Follow the links on this page to find out the differences between food webs and food chains. For example, if the students studied a damselfly nymph, a food chain might include. T1 weaving the web overview students construct food webs to learn how food chains are interconnected. Students are instructed to drill a well with a straw and pump the well by sucking on the straw, as they watch the decline in the water. It takes a lot of energy and a lot of organisms at the bottom of a food chain to support a few organisms at the top. If one animals source of food disappears such as from over fishing or hunting, many other animals in the food chain are impacted. Pond water pond water webwebweb lesson plan lesson. Arctic food web pond food web consumers are living things that need producers to be their food animals and people producers living things which take the non living matter from the environment plants decomposers living things which feed off of dead plants and animals bacteria, fungi. Pond pollution learn about indicator species and find out which of the fresh water minibeast are indicators of clean water yr 6 see pond survey sheet.
They model a food web and create diagrams of food webs using their own drawings andor images from nature or wildlife magazines. Students will create a food chain and web using the terrestrial and aquatic animals on the cards. Series of picture cards and an activity for creating a pond food web. Teacher will give students a set of word cards with definitions from vocabulary az to sort in small groups. You can hand this out to your students or have them research their own species feeding habits to make this activity an interdisciplinary. A menace to the west teacher lesson plan pond food web organisms organism trophic level what they eat what eats them 1 dead matter 1 everything on food web 2 lily pads 1 photosynthesis frog, salamander, minnow 3 algae 1 photosynthesis worm, water skimmer, salamander, shrimp 4 kelp 1 photosynthesis. Pond dipping is a fun and simple way for children to explore an aquatic habitat. Fun fact adult flies hold their wings over themselves like a roof when resting. This is a great followup activity to accompany a pond life cycle nonfiction book i. Comparison work with another habitat such as the woodland. The kids decipher the food chain and plug in the appropriate words. Building a classroom food web the exploring nature. What would happen to your food web if the aquatic plants died out because of pollution.
As you have learned, a food web is a more accurate depiction of how energy moves through a community of organisms. Ask the students to draw a food web of the pond based on their observations. Challenge the students to create a food web using at least 10 of the critter cards the three with stars must be used. See lake and pond food webs in action in this fascinating book. Building a classroom food web on the species consumption key are all the species in a food web and what they eat. Students can each be responsible for one part of the food web. As a result of this lesson, students will become familiar with common organisms found in a pond and discover their importance in a balanced aquatic habitat as they create food webs. Science activity look at the pictures, and find the animals or plants that complete these food chains. Have small groups work together to put the cards into the food chain order, emphasizing that it will be important to read the clues on each card. Pond food chains and webs scientist in residence program.
An arrow is drawn to the living thing that is eaten by another living thing. Lake and pond food webs in action by paul fleisher. You can hand this out to your students or have them research their own species feeding habits to make this activity an interdisciplinary with ela components. Food chain vocab cards this flash card set has vocabulary words and definitions for your unit on food chains. Explain that you will assign each student a role, and they will explore what happens when they interact with other animals in the food web. Most of their life is spent as larva in streams and ponds.
They should lay the cards out on the table and determine how each one will fit into the food web. Do this on the student activity sheet in the space for question 7. Pond water pond water web webweb lesson plan lesson plan. The pond has reached a mature stage of development.
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