Food Webs
Created By:
Fran Glick
Title/Role:
Professional Research Librarian
Organization/School Name:
Baltimore County Public Schools
Location:
Maryland
Grade Level:
4 Type of Lesson:
Stand-alone lesson Type of Schedule:
Fixed Collaboration Continuum:
None Content Area:
Science Content Topic:
Parts of a food web and major functions and relationships among the parts. Scenario:
A school librarian (SL) uses long range planning forms to prepare for an activity with a fourth grade class. The students are nearing the end of a science unit on ecology. The SLMS divides the students into teams of three and escorts them to the green space surrounding the school. Each team is given a digital camera and the direction to photograph producers, consumers, and decomposers in order to incorporate the collected images into a multimedia presentation on food webs. On the following visit to the library the students use the digital images and supportive text to create multimedia projects demonstrating the elements of a food web and the relationship between elements. Overview:
As a connection to a unit on ecology, fourth grade students are given the opportunity to create multimedia projects in which they use digital images and text to illustrate food webs. The essential question is: How do food webs work? Final Product:
Multimedia presentation Library Lesson:
Students will learn how to use a multimedia software application in order to create a presentation on food webs. Students will use library resources as necessary for reference. Estimated Lesson Time:
45 minutes Have you taught this lesson before:
Yes