To spend or not to spend: Prepare three pictures of items the students may wish to purchase: one should cost $150 (a 13" television); one should cost $2500 (a trip to Hawaii); and one should represent an unplanned expense (a $90 automobile tire). The unplanned expense should remain hidden from the class. Tell the students that they each have...
What animals eat tells what kind of organism they are. Learn how organisms eat different foods from their habitats for energy and why we call this a "Food Chain".
Learning Objectives
Students will understand that organisms require energy to move, breathe, think, and grow.
Students will know that life forms inhabit areas on the earth called habitats, where food is available to them. Food is the source of energy for organisms.
Students will realize that food chains are the key to how the s...
Discuss with the students what they had for breakfast. List on the board. The list might include fruit, cereal, toast, eggs, bacon, juice, etc. Then select students to tell the source of each of these items. For example, the bacon comes from pigs that eat plants that get th...