Calculating Energy Flows

​Advanced Science Grade 6

Multiple Choice

Where do all organisms get energy from? (page 60)

• most organisms make their own enegy

Open Ended

What is the connection between the shown organisms and the sun?

Open Ended

How does energy transfer from one organism to another?

​Vocabulary

Flow	​movement of something
Ecosystem	​is made of living and nonliving things in an area
Matter​	​anything that has weight and takes up space
Energy​	ability to do work​
Producer​	​organism that makes its own food
Photosynthesis​	​process of making food using light energy
P​hotosynthetic	organism uses light energy to make its own food​
C​hemosynthesis	​process of making food using chemical energy in matter
Chemosynthetic	​organism uses chemical energy in matter to make its own food​

​page 62

​Matter VS Energy

Open Ended

Why do you think energy flows and does not cycle?

Multiple Select

In this image, the squirrel gets energy from 1.________, and the plant gets energy from the 2.________.

• 1 sun

• 1 plant

• 2 plant

• 2 sun

Fill in the Blanks

Energy _____ in ___ direction.

​page 62

​1st Type of Organisms

Multiple Select

Plants are (1)______________.

Some bacteria are (2)______________.

• 1 photosynthesis

• 1 photosynthetic

• 2 chemosynthesis

• 2 chemosynthetic

Plenary - Energy Flow - Quiz

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​Learning Objective

Identify and compare between the four types of consumers.

Open Ended

Starter - How are producers and consumers similar?

Open Ended

Starter - How are producers and consumers different?

​Vocabulary

1. Consumer

2. Herbivore

3. Carnivore

4. Omnivore

5. Detritivore

6. Decomposer

​Group Activity - 1

​Read pages 62 + 63 + 64 and get ready to solve a Word Wall activity

Types of Organisms - Missing word

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​2nd Type of Organisms

​page 62

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​2nd Type of Organisms

Open Ended

How are detritivores helpful for the environment/ecosystem?

​In your Science Notebook, create a mind map that summarizes all types of organisms

​Page 64

​Watch the banana video, then answer the questions in your science notebook

​1. What did you notice about the banana?

2. Why do you think this happened?

Flow of Energy - True or false

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​Learning Objective

​Illustrate how energy flows through a food chain.

​Starter - video

​Vocabulary

1. Feeding relationship:

​Page 66

Multiple Choice

How does a food chain model energy flow?

• By drawing the organisms

• By the arrows

• By arrows through a feeding relationship

Multiple Choice

interaction between two organisms in which one organism eats another

• Food chain

• Feeding relationship

• Food web

Multiple Choice

In a food chain, energy flow starts with _______

• the sun

• a producer

• a consumer

Multiple Choice

In a food chain, energy flow ends with ______

• the sun

• a consumer

• a producer

​Modelling a Food Chain

​Homework Page 67

​Plenary - Memory

​Feeding relationship	​Arrows	​Food chain
​Sun	​Producer	​Consumer

​Plenary - Memory

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​Learning Objective

​Compare between food webs and food chains.

​Starter

​Vocabulary

1. Food web:

​Page 68

Fill in the Blanks

The arrows show the direction in which

flows.

Open Ended

What are two organisms eaten by the squid in the food web? (page 68)

Fill in the Blanks

The Great White Shark feeds on

Multiple Choice

The Orca eats the Great White Shark.

• True

• False

Chain VS Web - Group sort

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​Alef Lesson 16 - check my understanding

​Page 70

Open Ended

What type of organisms located at the bottom of the energy pyramid?

Multiple Choice

Which step in a food chain corresponds to the bottom level of an energy pyramid?

• the first step, producers

• the second step, herbivores

• the third step, carnivores

Fill in the Blanks

The amount of available energy

at each trophic level in the pyramid.

​Plenary
Alef lesson 21 - Review