Objectives

Unit 6

Each lesson has several objectives, or goals, that we will try to master by the end of the lesson. Below are some of the objectives for our Energy for Life unit.

By the end of the Producers and Consumers lesson, you will know:

• the Sun is a source of heat and light energy.
• producers (plants) need sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide in order to make their own food.
• food webs depict the flow of energy from one organism to another
• food webs begin with energy from the Sun
• there needs to be a balance between predators and prey in an ecosystem
• consumers (animals) rely on other organisms in order to survive.
• consumers can be classified into three categories based on what they eat: herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore.
• producers and consumers rely on each other to survive.
• people are consumers

By the end of the Producers and Consumers lesson, you will be able to:

• observe and investigate a variety of producers.
• explain why energy from the Sun is important to plants.
• identify the production of oxygen as a by-product of photosynthesis.
• analyze and interpret data and justify thinking.
• create food webs that show the flow of energy from the Sun to producers to other organisms.
• predict how changes in the ecosystem affect organisms in food webs
• make real world connections to different food webs using a variety of media
• observe and investigate a variety of producers and consumers.