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Description
Grades 9-12. Students examine microorganisms and create a food chain based on observed feeding patterns. Students explore energy transfer through different trophic levels of a food chain using a simulation activity. Using their finding that all energy is not transferred, students calculate the energy flow through the food chain they created. Kit accommodates 30 students working in pairs.
Construct a model food chain for a system of microorganisms and develop a mathematical model for energy transfer between trophic levels.
PE: HS-LS2-4
Related PE: HS-LS2-5
Time Requirement: 2 45-minute Class Periods
SEP: Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking ; Developing and Using Models
CCC: Energy and Matter; Systems and System Mottles
DCI: LS2.B: Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
Grades 9-12.
- Construct a food chain using microorganisms
- Learn how energy is transferred in a food chain
- Examine loss of energy over different trophic levels
Students examine microorganisms and create a food chain based on observed feeding patterns. Students explore energy transfer through different trophic levels of a food chain using a simulation activity. Using their finding that all energy is not transferred, students calculate the energy flow through the food chain they created. Kit accommodates 30 students working in pairs; available with the perishable materials included or with a voucher to request the perishable materials later at your convenience. Contact us or return the voucher at least 2 weeks prior to requested delivery date to ensure prompt arrival of material. Note: Be sure to carefully plan the arrival of your perishables; Didinium will starve to death if not used within 1 day of receiving the culture.
