EXPLORATION
UPPER ELEMENTARY | SCIENCE
Reconstructing the Owl’s Food Web and Energy Pyramid
Students will describe the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem.
Time
45 Minutes
Setting
InsideCollection Group
ENERGY FLOW IN THE GARDEN ECOSYSTEM
Standards
- S4L1. Students will describe the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem.
- a. Identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a community.
- b. Demonstrate the flow of energy through a food web/food chain beginning with sunlight and including producers, consumers, and decomposers.
Materials
- Owl Pellet Bone Chart
- Food Pyramids of Numbers and Biomass
- Journals or 8.5×11 copy paper (1 per student)
- Coloring supplies (enough for each student)
Procedures
- Given a list of findings from owl pellets, students can research the prey animals found in the owl pellet and determine the diet of that prey from a field guide.
- From there, students can reconstruct the owl’s food chain or web to the garden (producer) level with the sun as the energy source.
Explorations in this Collection
Reconstructing the Owl’s Food Web and Energy Pyramid
