Thursday, February 16, 2012

All About Food Chains & Food Webs!

Have you ever wondered what's the difference between a food web and a food chain? Will these links help you find the answer? Lets begin to explore:

1. Look at these food webs in different areas of our planet. Click here to explore.
2. Let's build our own food chain. Click on EcoKids to learn how.
3. Play this food chain game on Kid's Corner. Are you able to label all the parts?
4. Watch this Harcourt (414) video of an Antarctic Ocean Food Web.
5. Want to learn how energy is transferred in a food Pyramid? Click on this Harcourt (314) video to learn.
6. Click on this link to see what happens to a food web/chain when you increase or decrease a population of a species.
7.  Select this link to complete the food chain puzzles - by Zephyrus.
8. Go to this Scholastic Web Site to build your own food web.

Were you able to solve the mystery between a food web and a food chain? Maybe you need to keep exploring. Create a Venn Diagram in your journal to compare and contrast the two.

Vocabulary: Producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, decomposer, predator, prey

2 comments:

  1. hey mrs.wathson is me annette i justb chilling here in your blog because i am bore i love the new thing that you post in your blog i check the food chain activite and gesse what....... i know erithing about food chain and all thank you i will pass the staar test well i think that thats all see you tomorrow have a nice day and say hello to mr wathson

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  2. Hey Mrs.Watson i was seeing all the games and videos and i used it like a review because i already know about food chains and food webs and producers,consumers,herbivores,carnivores,omnivores,decomposers,predators,and preys.this blog is amazing because you can use the websites like reviews and you can learn early. Im sure i will pas STAAR test because i am reviewing the stuffs and i learned a lot and i understand everything this blog does help a lot i like this blog because you can do a better work in school and you can already know about this stuff.

    Thank You for putting this blog for us

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