4/9/15
Materials Needed: Binder, Pencil
LS-14
Homework: #86
DO NOW:
Remind me …
what’s a producer?
It might help to think about
these questions, too:
1)How do producers get their
energy?
2)Producers are most often in
what kingdom?
Agenda:
1. Do Now (5)
2. Experiment (10)
3. Dismiss (3)
1. Write down the
homework in
Objectives
your agenda.
• Scientists will be
2. Do the DO NOW.
able to describe the
3.basic
If you
finish
rules
andearly,
thumbs up.
procedures
of 6th
grade science.
Do-Now Review
• Remind me, what’s a producer?
• How do producers get their energy?
• Producers are most often in what kingdom?
Today’s Agenda
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Objectives
Introduction to ecology
Card Sort
Energy Pyramid
Homework: #86
BYL
Objectives
Scientists will be able to explain the
difference between producers and
consumers, and categorize consumers as
herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and
scavengers, and create an energy pyramid.
Writing/Speaking: Students will use evidence to support their
answers.
What are we doing?
We are learning about ecology.
Why are we doing it?
Now that we know all about organisms, we
need to understand what the role is of every
living thing (and nonliving, too!)
How do I know you’ve got it?
If you can show me that you understand the
impacts of relationships and change, you’ve got
it.
Welcome to Ecology!
What is ecology?
Ecology is the study of the relationships
between living organisms (and nonliving
objects, too!)
Question to Consider: What happens when a
species is removed from an area?
Remember...
• Remember, you need energy to do EVERYTHING.
A big part of why living things interact with their
environments is to get the energy they need.
• However, can every organism get its energy by
making its own food? What can’t?
Two Ways to Get Energy
• A producer gets its energy by making its own food.
– These are also known as autotrophs.
– Most use energy from the sun to make their own food
through a process called photosynthesis.
• A consumer gets its energy by feeding on other organisms.
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– These are also known as heterotrophs.
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Today’s Objective: Scientists will be able to explain the difference between producers and
consumers, and categorize consumers as herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and scavengers.
Don’t forget the decomposer!
• A decomposer gets its energy by breaking down dead
organisms into simpler substances.
– This process is also known as decay.
– They rid the environment of the bodies of dead plants and
animals. More importantly, they return nutrients
(chemicals such as nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, sulfur,
and magnesium) to the environment.
Types of Consumers
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Scavenger
Consumers
that eat
only plants.
Consumers
that eat only
animals.
Consumers
that eat
both plants
and animals.
Type of
carnivore that
only eats
dead animals.
Today’s Objective: Scientists will be able to explain the difference between producers and
consumers, and categorize consumers as herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and scavengers.
Partner Practice: Which Consumer?
• I’m about to put up four pictures, as well as
descriptions of what the organisms eat.
• Your task is to decide if each picture represents an
herbivore, a carnivore, an omnivore, or a scavenger.
• Write your answers under “Partner Practice” at the
bottom of your notes sheet.
• You have two minutes.
Today’s Objective: Scientists will be able to explain the difference between producers and
consumers, and categorize consumers as herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and scavengers.
Partner Practice: Which Consumer?
Organism 1:
Sea Star
Carnivore
Diet:
• Clams
• Snails
Organism 2:
Brown Bear
Omnivore
Diet:
• Berries
• Fish
Organism 3:
Organism 4:
Spotted Hyena Bumblebee
Scavenger
Herbivore
Diet:
Diet:
• Dead
• Flowers
(specifically,
Wildbeest
pollen)
and Zebras
Today’s Objective: Scientists will be able to explain the difference between producers and
consumers, and categorize consumers as herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and scavengers.
Group Practice: Card Sort
• You are receiving an envelope with organism cards.
• You will be put into a group and your group will be
assigned a consumer type.
• Your task is to figure out which cards go with your
consumer type.
• Thumbs up when you’re done, and then you will present
to the class!
• Expectations: review your agenda, volume 1!
Today’s Objective: Scientists will be able to explain the difference between producers and
consumers, and categorize consumers as herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and scavengers.
Card Sort – How Did You Do?
Producer
• Grass
• Moss
• Tree
• Fern
Herbivore
• Caterpillar
• Rabbit
• Mouse
?
Carnivore
• Tiger
• Penguin
• Garter Snake
?
?
Omnivore
• Human
• Brown Bear
• Squirrel
?
Scavenger
• Vulture
• Jungle Crow
• Spotted Hyena
?
Today’s Objective: Scientists will be able to explain the difference between producers and
consumers, and categorize consumers as herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and scavengers.
8I: Group Practice - Act it Out
• In your groups, each person will each represent a
consumer type: either Herbivore, Carnivore,
Omnivore, or Scavenger.
• You will have 5 minutes to come up with a skit that
demonstrates all of the consumer types interacting
together.
Today’s Objective: Scientists will be able to explain the difference between producers and
consumers, and categorize consumers as herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and scavengers.
Question …
• What do you already know about a food chain?
• A food chain is a diagram that shows the
movement of energy through an ecosystem.
• Food chains show how one organism eats another
to obtain (get) its energy. Arrows = Flow of Energy!
Scientists will be able to explain the diagram a food chain, and determine the relationship between
producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers or tertiary consumers.
New Vocabulary
• The first organism in a food chain is always a producer.
• A primary consumer gets its energy by eating a producer.
• A secondary consumer gets energy from a primary consumer.
• A tertiary consumer gets energy from a secondary consumer.
Producer
Primary
Consumer
Secondary
Consumer
Tertiary
Consumer
Scientists will be able to explain the purpose of a food chain, and identify organisms in a
food chain as producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers or tertiary consumers.
Can We Rename These?
• WORD BANK: Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore
Producer
Producer
Primary
Consumer
Secondary
Consumer
Herbivore
Omnivore
Tertiary
Consumer
Carnivore
Scientists will be able to explain the purpose of a food chain, and identify organisms in a
food chain as producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers or tertiary consumers.
Practice
• The end of your Daily Work is a short
practice to complete with your partner.
Scientists will be able to explain the purpose of a food chain, and identify organisms in a
food chain as producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers or tertiary consumers.
Energy Pyramids!
• We will build our own 3D energy pyramids to
help us remember the different levels.
• Work in partners, follow the template.
HW: #86
Use your test taking strategies!
Circle the topic of the question.
Rewrite the question in your own words.
Eliminate 2 wrong choices.
Defend your choice with evidence and
reasoning.
Answer the questions.
Let’s reflect on what we’ve learned!
BYL
Reflect on what you’ve learned today. Use some or all of
these sentence starters to help you:
“I am still confused about_________”
“The big ideas I gained from the investigation were
_________________”
“Next I would like to explore ____________ because I
wonder ___________________”
“The results make me think _________________ will
happen because _______________________”
“At first I thought ______________ but now I know
_______________”
Stack, pack, and leave no tracks.
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