WEBQUEST SUMMARY
Title:
The Webs They Weave
Grade:
Topic:
Standard &
Benchmarks:
5
Food Webs
Standard: Standard 3: Life and Environmental Sciences: ORGANISMS
AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Understand the unity, diversity, and
interrelationships of organisms, including their relationship to cycles of
matter and energy in the environment
Benchmark: SC.5.3.1: Describe the cycle of energy among producers,
consumers, and decomposers
I can statement: I can diagram and explain the flow of energy among
producers, consumers, and decomposers in a food web.
Outcome:
Students will create a food web for a chosen ecosystem (in Hawai’i).
Time Recommended: 60-90 minutes
Materials needed:
Materials – options to making the Food Web
1. Use PowerPoint, Inspiration or Kidspiration software to generate
graphic organizers for the Food Web.
OR
2. Draw the Food Web and include cut out pictures (e.g., magazines)
or drawings.
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magazines & glue
colored markers
Skills – critical and creative thinking, resourcefulness,
Equipment (beside computer) – none
Vocabulary:
Hawaiian
vocabulary and
pronunciations:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
food chain - Ku'ina mea'ai
food web - Hihi mea'ai
ecosystem - kaiaola
producer - ho'ohua (to produce)
consumer - ho'ohemu (to comsume)
a. decomposer -- ho'omelu
Options:
Additional
Information:
You could provide other choices, such as a game or other physical product.
When checking the data table:
1. Be sure students have a balanced number of organisms (herbivores,
etc.).
2. Be sure that students enter organisms that match their chosen
ecosystem and the animals/plants live in Hawaii.
3. Be sure the energy sources for each animal match.
When checking the web:
1. Be sure all organisms are recorded in individual ovals.
2. Be sure the arrows all go in the correct direction.
3. Be sure arrows are drawn for each energy source
When you check the visual, use the rubric as your guide.
Display the completed Food Webs in an assigned area and allow students
to do a gallery tour.
If students need additional assistance on understanding food webs, allow
them to practice making Food Webs in the Additional Resources section.