| Title | Food Webs and Trophic Levels |
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| Audience | H.S. Biology, regular and basic leve & ecologyls |
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| Abstract | In an effort to create a more student-centered
curriculum, I have designed a quick, one-day
activity to teach students in an ecology unit
about the feeding interactions of organisms and
how this related to their trophic levels. Ths
activity allows students to work in cooperative
groups, where each group contributes to a class
food web displayed in the front of the room on a
presentation board. Each group is also
responsible for assigning the different trophic
levels to the food web. Activity ends with a
discussion and analysis of the food web and
feeding levels, where students are assessed on
their understanding of the terminology and
concepts. The lesson works well for students in
both regular and basic level biology classes,
as well as any ecology class.
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| Author | Bradley Greenspan |
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| Email | bragre@niles-hs.k12.il.us |
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| Unifying Concept | Systems, order and organization |
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| Science and Technology | Understandings about science and technology |
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| Science as Inquiry | Understandings about scientific inquiry |
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| History and Nature of Science | Nature of scientific knowledge |
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| Science in Personal and Social Perspectives | Population growth |
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| Life, Physical, Earth Sciences | Behavior of organisms, Populations and ecosystems, Diversity and adaptations of organisms |
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| Other Standards | |
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bragre@niles-hs.k12.il.us
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