Lesson 4 Energy Flow

Made up College 9.00am - 9.50am

Before Class: Place QR codes through garden bed
Learning
Intention
Success
Criteria
To investigate how energy flows through an ecosystem
I can identify producers and consumers of an ecosystem
I can explain energy flow through an ecosystem using a trophic pyramid
Topic and activities Materials required Time allocation
9.00 9.15 PK - Show picture of an ecosystems and food web
Discuss different part of the ecosystem:
Identify the producers
Identify the consumers (primary, secondary,
tertiary)
Are the people producers or consumers?
Can a food web exist without the sun?
Can a food web exist without plants?
How is energy replaced? (Remind students of
decomposition of animals)
What would happen if energy was not replaced?
What would this mean for sustainability?
Rainforest Ecosystem Picture
http://cometomyrainforest.we
ebly.com/levels-of-
organization.html

Marine Food Web Picture
http://www.britannica.com/EB
checked/media/119100/A-
food-chain-in-the-ocean-
begins-with-tiny-one



15 minutes
9.15-9.25am Trophic Levels
Introduce the 10% rule (10% energy from an
organism is transferred to its consumer).
Show Tuna Sandwich Example
Draw as a trophic pyramid on whiteboard
http://www.sciencelearn.org.n
z/Contexts/Life-in-the-Sea/Sci-
Media/Images/Tuna-sandwich

10 minutes
9.25-9.30am Introduce Assignment (Energy flow in a backyard
ecosystem) and QR code scanning activity
Assessment - Energy flow in
a backyard ecosystem
Rubric
5 minutes
9.30-9.45am Students go outside and scan QR Codes QR Codes 15 minutes
9.45-9.50am Lesson Closure

5 minutes
Home Learning: Assemble information collected about the backyard ecosystem into one document