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Purpose:
To help each student better understand the concept of a food chain; more about interactions within a population; and why "eating lower on the food chain" enables an organism to have more food available.
Summary:
Students will study and diagram an imaginary food chain, evaluating the size of the components, the inter-relationships of the components, and then applying this information to a real-life food chain.
Objectives Links:
E. Biotic and abiotic factors within an ecosystem
Process Skills Checklist
Materials:
- Student worksheet: "What is a Food Pyramid?"
- ruler
- pencil
Safety Concerns:
No specific safety considerations are required for this activity.
Revision Date:
Summer 2001
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