Food Web Energy Pyramid Lesson Plan
Assignment: Students use a PowerPoint template to create an energy pyramid. Students choose a food web from any world ecosystem and use the internet to locate several images of producers and consumers. Students use textboxes or wordart to label the various levels of the energy pyramid from producers, to primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers. Students insert or paste images into the energy pyramid at the appropriate levels.
Download: food-web-energy-pyramid-template.pptx
Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7 Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2.A
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Food Web Energy Pyramid Finished Example
Students use the PowerPoint template to create their own food web energy pyramid. Students label the pyramid and insert images representing the organisms in the various levels.
Template for Students
Students use this PowerPoint template to organize their energy pyramid creation. Students insert text boxes and / or use wordart to label the pyramid levels. Students insert or copy and paste their own images into the appropriate levels of the pyramid.
