Food Webs Lesson Module

The first module, Food Webs, explores the links between living things and their energy sources. A food web is a group of food chains within an ecosystem. A food chain is a single path of energy flow, while the food web represents energy transfer throughout an ecosystem's entire community. Linking back to the Energy Sources module in the Physical Science Book, Food Webs shows how food chains are built, linking the sun, plants, and animals as energy sources and/or users.

Core Concept

Food chains and food webs illustrate the flow of energy through living things within an ecosystem.

Essential Vocabulary

Carnivore, depend, energy, energy flow, food chain, food web, herbivore, omnivore, predator, prey

Lesson Plan

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Interactive Demos

Explore

Science4Us lessons are built around the 5E Instructional Model (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate), which allows students to use collaboration, problem-solving, and investigation skills. The Explore session promotes interest in and curiosity about food webs using hands-on activities to test predictions and hypotheses.

Students dig into the learning in this session as they attempt to solve a puzzle by following a set of rules. Teacher-led discussion encourages students to wonder about where different animals get their energy. To complete the session, students work collaboratively offline and further explore the living parts of a food web.

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Go With The Flow

In the Elaborate session, students need to show what they know. Activities that focus on science process skills and content understanding allow students to apply that fresh information in new but similar situations. To complete the session, students work through an offline activity that reinforces science process skills independently or with peers.

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Professional Development

Science4Us provides professional development and all the essentials for teachers to confidently and effectively lead a classroom in any science lesson. Introducing science concepts to your students is easier than ever. Take a look at the demo and support documents designed to build confidence in instruction.

One section of the "Teacher Explain"
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Additional Information

Science4Us allows learners to develop the critical science knowledge they need for advanced grade levels. Designed for your youngest elementary learners, it introduces critical foundational science topics, like food webs, using interactive games, songs, virtual notebooks, hands-on experiments, and more. Once students explore the concept of food chains through lessons and activities that make learning fun, they understand that many food chains are connected in a food web. This study introduces students to the concepts of carnivores, omnivores, and herbivores, as well as predators and prey, paving the way for later learning about animals and the natural world. These activities and others reinforce literacy skills while teaching science process skills and content understanding.

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