Flow of Energy Project This is a 3 part project due on September 24 th

Select a land biome or an aquatic ecosystem Land Biomes Desert Grassland Tropical Rain Forest Temperate Rain Forest Temperate Deciduous Forest Taiga Tundra Aquatic Ecosystem Freshwater: Streams and Rivers Freshwater: Ponds and Lakes Wetlands Estuaries Open Oceans Coastal Oceans Coral Reefs

Research your biome or aquatic ecosystem For land biomes: What type of weather/climate affects the biome? For both: Where is it located? For both: Provide 5 facts about the location you have selected.

Select an animal from the location you have picked. Pick 1 animal Research its habitat Provide 5 facts about the animal

Part 1: Food Chain Using the animal you selected create a food chain. The more creative the food chain, the more points. Ex: This will not get you more points

Part 2: Food Web Using your animal, create a food web. Ex:

Part 3: Energy Pyramid On a poster board or on butcher paper (ask me if you would like butcher paper) you will create an energy pyramid for your selected animal. You need to correctly show the following: Primary producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, and tertiary consumer. Outside the pyramid you need to have two different decomposers that might be found in this ecosystem you have chosen. You can either draw the animals (neatly), cut out of a magazine or print them off a computer. Attached to the poster board needs to be a paragraph describing the ecosystem you chose, describing each producer/consumer (why they are on the level they are, such as diet, characteristics, etc.) and describing why your pyramid is set up the way it is.

Example of Energy Pyramid