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Elico: Food Webs
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LENGTH
15 Minutes
GRADES
3
4
5
CAPABILITIES
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Description
Explore the food web with Elico, the curious flying robot! See how energy moves from the sun to plants, to animals, and back through decomposers. Help producers make food, consumers gain energy, and decomposers recycle matter, discovering how all organisms are connected in both land and ocean food webs.
Vocabulary Words
food web
ecosystem
producer
consumer
decomposer
carnivore
herbivore
Instructions
Play through this interactive game to learn about Food Webs. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.
Main Concepts
The energy in an animal’s food was once energy from the Sun that was captured by plants.
Decomposers are organisms that break down dead plant and animal remains.
Consumers are animals that eat other organisms to obtain energy.
Examples of producers are plants and phytoplankton.
A carnivore is an animal that consumes only other animals.
Decomposition eventually recycles materials back to Earth’s soil for plants to use.
A producer is an organism that can produce its own food to obtain energy.
Some examples of decomposers are fungi and bacteria.
Examples of living resources are plants and animals.
Phytoplankton carry out most of the photosynthesis on Earth.
A food web shows how matter and energy move in an ecosystem.
An herbivore is an animal that consumes only plants.
When animals eat plants, they obtain the chemical energy stored in the plants.
Phytoplankton form the base of the ocean food web.
Animals need energy to perform their life processes.
Phytoplankton are tiny, plant-like organisms that float freely in water.
A prey is an animal that can be hunted by another animal for food.
Zooplankton are tiny, animal-like organisms that float freely in water.
A predator is an animal that hunts other animals for food.
Discussion Questions
Before the Game
What is a food web? What is a producer? What is an example of a producer?
After the Game
Draw a food web to show how energy moves through living things. Why is the sun so important in all food webs? What is the difference between a producer, consumer, and decomposer?
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