Monday, September 21st, 2009

Today, the two classes are a bit off on their schedules. I did one Math and one Science with my homeroom, and no Science with Mrs. Kuykendall's class, however that will be different tomorrow. Tomorrow, Mrs. Kuykendall's class will get Math and Science and my homeroom will only get Math.

In Science, we reviewed what a food chain was, what it consists of, and learned a song (with movements) to remember what the organisms in a food chain eat, and what they are.

It is important to remember that a food chain's ENERGY originally begins with the Sun, it "gives it's energy to" a producer (grass, tree, flower, seed etc.), the producer "gives it's energy to" a herbivore (cow, grasshopper, mouse etc.), the herbivore "gives it's energy to" either an omnivore or a carnivore, then that consumer "gives it's energy to" another carnivore. The words "gives it's energy to" are crucial to remember because it's the organism that is getting eaten, not the one eating. So the SUN has an arrow that points to the PRODUCER, which has an arrow that points to the HERBIVORE, which has an arrow that points to either the OMNIVORE or CARNIVORE, and then that organism has an arrow that points to the CARNIVORE and so on. I like to have the students label the Sun and the arrows with an "E" to remember that it is Energy that is being transferred around.

I will post the words to the song, and their movements tomorrow.