Introduction
A Link In The Chain - The FOOD Chain
by Danna Rodebush
Euper Lane Elementary
In this webquest you will explore and learn all about food chains.
Click on the picture of the food chain below to listen to "The Food Chain Song." ***Make sure you are wearing headphones!
Task
In this webquest you will explore and learn all about food chains.
Click on the "Process" page link to get started!
5-LS2-1. Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment
5-PS3-1. Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
Process
Step 1
How do living organisms get energy to grow, develop, and live?
On your blank 1/2 sheet of paper, write your answer to this question. Use what you already know to form the best answer you can come up with!
After your WHOLE TEAM has an answer, come together and discuss everyone's response to create a NEW ANSWER that combines EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS.
Glue each team member's ORIGINAL response in each corner of your construction paper, and the TEAM RESPONSE in the middle of the paper. Your final product will look something like this:
Step 2:
START your vocabulary graphic organizer that was given to you. It looks like this:
So...what is a producer?? Click the link below to read about producers. Begin filling out your webquest guide with information you learn. You may also use the information found on the website to help you fill out your graphic organizer.
Step 3
What is the next link in the food chain?
So...what is a consumer? Click the link below to read about consumers. Once you are at the main page, you will need to click on each individual link to find the information. Continue filling out your webquest guide with information you learn. You may also use the information found on the website to help you fill out your graphic organizer.
What is a consumer? (herbivores, carnivores, omnivores)
Step 4
What is another link in the food chain?
Decomposers
So...what is a decomposer? Click the link below to read about decomposers. Continue filling out your webquest guide with information you learn. You may also use the information found on the website to help you fill out your graphic organizer.
Step 5
My Understanding of Food Chains
Click on the link below and use it to answer the questions on your "My Understanding of Food Chains" graphic organizer.
Click the link below to play the Food Chains game and then recreate two of the examples you found on the backside of your "My Understanding of Food Chains" graphic organizer.
Step 6
Food Chain Menu - Choose ONE activity from the menu below to complete to show what you have learned throughout your study of food chains:
1. Write and illustrate a children's book teaching young children about food chains. (Must be at least 10 pages with pictures)
2. Write a poem detailing the parts of a food chain. (Must be at least 15 stanzas, or lines)
3. Write an essay detailing the parts of a food chain. (Must be at least one page in length)