This classroom connector addresses Instructional Objectives 1.01, 1.02, and 1.03. Have all students write the name of a specific organism which, using energy from the sun, can make its own food. Then have all students write the name of a second organism which might eat their first organism. Next have all students write the name of a third organism which might eat their second organism. In this lesson we will learn how organisms obtain their food and how nutrients move through a food chain.
Producers make their food, in the presence of light, by the process of photosynthesis.
Some might include oak trees, moss, algae, sun flowers, grass, and corn plants. Have students write the name of any producer. Consumers sat other organisms for their food. Some might include insects, jellyfish, snails, amebas, and humans. Have students write the names of any consumer.