Chapter 9 Website Fun!

TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2011

Chapter 9 Website Fun!

1.  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/producersconsumers.htm

 a. What is the difference between a producer and a consumer?

 b. Give three examples of each: herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore.

 c. What are decomposers?  What would the environment look like if we had no decomposers?

2. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain.htm
 a. Draw a picture of "photosynthesis."


3. play this game!  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/animaldietgame.htm

4. play this game!  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm

5. play this game!  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/producersconsumersgame.htm

6. play this game!  http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm

7.complete each of the foodwebs below:  http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm

Australian Grasslands Foodweb

African Grasslands Foodweb

Antarctic Foodweb

NEW - Marine Foodweb

8. complete the meadow, arctic and pond foodwebs:  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html

9. http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/foodweb.htm
a. Answer the following questions in your notebooks

Identify the: 1. Producers 2. Primary Consumers 3. Secondary Consumers 4. Herbivores 5. Carnivores 6. Omnivores 7. What elements are missing from this food web? b . In your notebooks, Construct a Food web using the following animals.  This ecosystem represents a farm area.  The corn is the main source of food for many of the herbivores in the area.  You do not have to draw pictures, you can just use the animal names and draw arrows between them.   SNAKE,  CORN , CATERPILLAR, DEER, CROW, MOUSE, COUGAR, SQUIRREL, MICROORGANISMS (decomposers)

http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011

Start your 4th quarter off on the right foot

1 - Science Notebook
a) Mini-Lab p. 227
b) Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species memorization key
c) Bonus Point online-game (see below)

2 - Lab Notebook/Manual
a) Lab #20 - The Microscope parts 1 and 2

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011

**BONUS POINTS**

Go check out this website and play 1 game for 1 point, 2 games for 2 points or 3 games for 3 points that will be added to your next Test score.  Write a brief summary of each game played in your notebook.

http://myhomelearning.com/directory/science/biology