Food Web Poster Project
Objectives
• To demonstrate that no one species can live dependant from the ecological community.
• To demonstrate the one-way flow of energy in the ecosystem.
• To demonstrate the community-level interactions of ecosystems.
• To identify various types organisms at various tropic levels and construct a food web.
Instructions
• Poster board must be standard size. (if you don’t know what this is see me … I’ll show you) •
Color photos are preferred. If you cut and paste them into PowerPoint you can print more than one at a time and save paper. If you plan ahead you can print them all on the library color printer.
• Your food webs must contain species from each trophic level.
• Let us shoot for 25-40 species on your posters. The more the better (and the better your grade)
• Try your best to have a combination of plants, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and fungi (decomposers)
• Have at least a few (3-5) representatives from each of the following (producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, and tertiary consumer.
• Label each picture with its common name, scientific name, and trophic level (i.e. if we were to appear on the food web it would be Human/Home sapiens and we would fall into all of the trophic levels)
• No need for fancy titles … save the room for as many species as you can fit.
• No need to make the pictures jumbo size … save the room for more animals.
• The idea is to pack on the animals … the more your exposed to the better.
*On the back of your poster Using a gall sheet of paper type an explanation of this project. Include definitions of the trophic levels and a description of how energy moves throne) the ecosystem.
Where does it originate, how does it move into the ecosystem, and where does it end up? Include all important processes and vocab. along the way! Provide an explanation of why there are more producers and primary consumers than secondary consumers and tertiary consumers.
