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Food Chains and Food Webs - Balance within Natural Systems Lesson PlanFood Chains and Food Webs - Balance within Natural Systems Lesson Plan
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Teach Engineering
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9th - 12th
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Science
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1 hr 30 mins
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Food Chains and Food Webs - Balance within Natural Systems

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Feast on an informative resource. Scholars learn about food chains and food webs and how these interactions give information about the natural community. A PowerPoint presentation provides information about this concept.

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Concepts

food webs, food chains, national parks

Additional Tags

first order consumers, producers, second order consumers, third order consumers, science

Instructional Ideas

  • Collaborate with a biology teacher for the lesson

Classroom Considerations

  • It is helpful if learners already have some background knowledge of food webs and chains
  • Note that the presentation is a continuation of the one in the first installment (this is the third part of the series)

Pros

  • Lists some post-lesson assessment questions to use in discussion
  • Teacher guide includes an outline of lecture information

Cons

  • May not be of particular interest to those not living near the Saguaro National Park

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