1. FOOD PRODUCTION MODULE REVEIW Funded by the Teacher Quality Program A project of : The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, The GA Museum of Natural History and Georgia 4-H

2. FOOD MODULE REVIEW Overview: In this module, learners work as naturalists, displaying curiosity as they investigate sources of food and food chains on their site. Activities include investigations into the eating habits of seed eating animals on their site, a food chain game, and activities about migration, a hands- on owl pellet dissection and much more. A GEN take-home pamphlet allows learners to extend their knowledge by looking for sources of wildlife food near their home and sharing their knowledge about ecosystem food production concepts with other family members. Related stewardship/ service learning projects involve enhancing their site for wildlife or developing feeding stations for birds and other wildlife. GEN

3. FOOD MODULE Enduring Understandings: Learners will understand that… All living things need energy from the sun to survive. Many creatures use their school site as a source of food. Their activities can help wildlife survive on their site. Essential Questions: How do living things feed themselves? What animals eat on my school site? What can I do to help wildlife find appropriate food on my site?

4. FOOD Major Concepts: 1. A major function of a healthy ecosystem is producing nutritious food for the animals that live there. 2. The sun is the base of all food chains. 3. Organisms have adapted and will “eat” a variety of foods within the ecosystem. 4. Relationships between producers (plants) and consumers (animals) can be diagrammed in food chains/webs. 5. Migratory animals require suitable habitat and food in all places along their migration route. 6. Population growth and the over-consumption of resources pushes the limits of a sustainable agricultural system. 7. Agricultural, political, and lifestyle changes are needed to ensure enough food for all creatures on Earth.

5. Each module contains 4 main Lessons as well as a suggested Citizen Science project.

6. FRONT BACK GRAB YOUR GEN QUICK GUIDE! QUICK GUIDE Features: Essential Questions At A Glance Concepts Objectives Learning cycle wheel Procedures / Supplies Food Quick Guides 75 minute lesson plans

7. FOOD DEPARTMENT REVEIW Food Module: Quick Guide 1

8. FOOD DEPARTMENT REVEIW Food Module: Quick Guide 2

9. Wheel 1 Food Module: Quick Guide 3

10. REVEIW Food Module: Quick Guide 4

11. FOOD MODULE: -REVIEW RESOURCES - Introductory Powerpoint Instructor Background Info Internet search

12. Welcome to the Food Production Department 12

13. 13 Every place on Earth is an ecosystem, including our club site.

14. In today’s GEN club adventure, we will investigate food production eco- services…

15. …on our club site!

16. What do organisms need to survive? Air Water Food

17. Where does all the food on Earth come from?

18. The Sun!

19. Plants use the sun’s energy to grow leaves, roots and stems Animals and fungi can use the plants as their food

20. The sun provides the energy to fuel food chains

21. What is special about plants? How are they able to use the sun’s energy to make food for themselves?

22. Inside many plant cells are special structures called chloroplasts that use the sun’s energy to make sugars.

23. Chloroplasts use carbon dioxide and water from the air and use the sun’s energy to fuel a chemical reaction that forms sugar molecules.

24. OK, so the sun helps make plants grow, then what?

25. Herbivores Eat plants, which gives them the energy they need to survive. Primary consumers

26. Carnivores Secondary consumers They eat other animals, which gives them the energy they need to survive.

27. Tertiary Consumers Also carnivores They eat other carnivores for energy they need to survive.

28. Food chains show how energy moves from one group of organisms to another

29. But nature is complicated! Energy really passes through food webs.

30. Food webs occur on land, in water, and even underground.

31. Where is my food? What happens when the food an animal eats cannot be found for the entire year in one place?

32. MIGRATION! Birds “fly south” for the winter.

33. Ruby-throated hummingbirds must migrate when their food dies back for the winter.

34. Can Madame Squirrel’s workers produce enough food for all Earth’s creatures, including people?

35. What Do You Think? What are your favorite things to eat?

36. What Do You Think? What would a bear eat from a “forest restaurant”? What would a fox or a rabbit eat?

37. What Do You Think? The next time you sit down to eat dinner… imagine the food chains for the things on your dinner plate!

38. The Food Production Department provides food for more than 6 billion people

39. ...and must provide for the needs of all Earth’s creatures.

40. Food Department Threats: Single variety farming (monocultures)

41. Controlling herbivores and diseases requires use of pesticides

42. How will we learn about the Food Production Department? Owl pellet dissection Plant/Harvest Vegetables

43. What can you do? Learn about different ways to grow food.

44. What can you do? Think Organic!

45. What can you do? Plant food- bearing trees and nectar plants for animals that live nearby. And much more!

46. HAVE FUN LEADING THE FOOD MODULE WITH YOUR CLUB! & PLEASE SEND PHOTOS OF YOUR ACTIVITIES

47. FOOD DEPARTMENT REVEIW TEMP 1

48. FOOD DEPARTMENT REVEIW TEMP 1

49. Quiz Yourself 1. Name three ways in which farmers attempt to control the agricultural environment. 2. A human society which does not grow its own food but rather relies upon searching out food from the environment in which it lives is called a ____________________________ society. 3. How does human activity threaten the quality and safety of the fish and shellfish we consume? 4. Name three plant parts (e.g. stems, leaves, or roots) and an animal that consumes them. 5. When farmers grow only one kind of crop in a field, this is called ______________ farming.