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

​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

Open Ended

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

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

​Plenary
Alef lesson 21 - Review