The Food Chain Mystery
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Video: The Food Chain Mystery
Follow the flow of energy through the food chain from the sun to producers, consumers, and decomposers. Vivid animations using a linear food chain and an energy pyramid show how energy passes through the food chain. Other concepts include photosynthesis, predator-prey relationships, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.
Student Application
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...
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Supporting Activities
- Before viewing the video
- 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...
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- 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...
