Human Food Web Where do you fit in?

Instructions 1. Create a list of the foods that you have eaten over a couple of days and/or foods you like to eat. Your food list should contain about 20 foods. 2. What are the ingredients in the foods that you consumed? Make a list of the main ingredients. 3. Create a list of the organisms that supplied the ingredients. E.g. Pork from a pig, milk from a cow, spices from various plants, sugar from sugar cane, etc. Use the internet, food packaging, etc. to obtain the ingredients.

Instructions, etc. Create a food web using the organisms that have supplied the food you have eaten over the last several days. You should also include yourself in the web. You may include other organisms that the things you ate might have eaten. E.g. Cows will have eaten grass or grains.

Instructions, cont’d Make as many connections between organisms as you can. Label the trophic levels. Include your lists of foods, ingredients, and organisms with your food web. The assignment is due Oct. 14th

Rubric Poor - 1 Satisfactory - 3 Excellent - 5 Content (weighted x2) Presentation/ Completeness Difficult to find information Little impact/aesthetic value Several missing requirements Adequate layout Some impact/aesthetic value Requirements generally met Layout very user- friendly High impact/aesthetic value All requirements met/exceeded Content (weighted x2) Several errors in food web Little depth of content Incorrect scientific information Few errors in food web Content coverage acceptable Scientific info generally correct No errors in food web Great depth of content All scientific information correct