Food web/ chain Collection
Sun, Nov 26, 2017 12:24 PM
Food Web/Chain Collection Review
This collection, by Jenneffer Pinto, can help teachers gather information to teach their students about food chains and food webs. The resources in this collection include Coral Reef Ecosystems, Interdependence of Life: Agents of Change in Ecosystems, Savvy Consumers Through Science, Surviving Winter in the Dust Bowl (Food Chains and Trophic Levels), and Teaching Through Trade Books: Figuring Out Food Chains. This collection includes the SciPack Coral Reef Ecosystems. SciPacks let teachers enhance their understanding of a scientific concept for the purpose of student learning. The collection also includes the Science Object Interdependence of Life: Agents of Change in Ecosystems. Science Objects are inquiry-based modules that help teachers better understand the science content they plan to teach.
This collection provides activities that teachers can do with their students for them to investigate and construct models of food chains or food webs. Allowing students to investigate and construct models helps them grasp core ideas. The book chapter in this collection talks about an activity to help students understand food chains, the interactions between trophic levels, the interdependency of organisms, and how energy flows through a system. This activity also helps students learn how to construct explanations, argue from evidence, and communicate information. This collection can help teachers teach their students the idea that various influences can force an ecosystem into a state of different equilibrium.