Sit in your assigned seat Get Your notebook and a pencil or pen out Wait for your new blue cards to be given out

Warm Up When a consumer eats another organism, how much energy do you think is passed along in %? Hint…it’s between 0% - 100%

Reading… 5 minutes You will read the following article “Food Energy Pyramid” You are reading to find out: 1) How much is passed when an organism eats another organism 2) Why do we use a pyramid to show this? 3) Why are producers at the bottom of the pyramid and carnivores are at the top? You will write these answers in your notebook!

Answers… Did you find out: 1) How much is passed when an organism eats another organism -10% 2) Why do we use a pyramid to show this? There are < herbivores than producers, < carnivores than herbivores, < carnivores that only eat other carnivores 3) Why producers at the bottom and carnivores at the top? > producers than tertiary consumers

Back to our warm up Can you believe only 10% is passed along at each level!

Write in notebook…. The Ten Percent Rule (10%) Scientists say that about 90% of the available energy is used for life processes like respiration, photosynthesis, and reproduction

Write in notebook…. Scientists use a Pyramid of Energy to explain this

Video on Energy Pyramid

Write in notebook The Pyramid of Energy : shows how energy available for consumers decreases as you travels up We are now going to fill in a Pyramid of Energy

Pyramid of Energy.. Label your pyramid at each level and draw 3 examples for each level

How else can we label our pyramid?

Answer in notebook. (complete sentences) Do animals need the sun to survive? Why or why not. Explain!

Volunteers….. Do animals need the sun to survive?

Lets Review! All things get energy from food. Green plants use energy from the sun to make their own food. Plants use the food they make for energy to grow. Animals get energy by eating plants and other animals. The energy in living things originates from the sun.

Lets Review When animals eat green plants and other animals eat those animals, the energy moves from one living thing to another. Ultimately all the members of a food chain depend on the energy from the sun.

Test Results and Tracking You will receive your Quarter 3 test back along with your tracking sheet Objective: Quarter 3 Test Write in your score and color in the appropriate number of boxes

Review Q3 test… Follow along as we review the test together…

Worksheets…. You will now use the remainder of class to read these articles and answer the questions…. The Food Chain Loop Parts of a Food Chain: Producers Part of a Food Chain: Scavengers and Decomposers Any questions…………