Lesson Cycle

Lesson Title/Topic: Energy Flow through the Food Web

Target Concept: For students to reproduce and apply their knowledge about the interactions

between living organisms as well as the energy that transports through the food web.
Standards/Rationale: 112.12. Science, Grade 1, TEKS (b) # (9), (C)
Lesson Objectives: The student will be able

Assessment: Hand out food

gather evidence of interdependence among

living organisms such as the energy
transfer through the food web and animals
using plants for shelter with 70 percent
accuracy.

web activity sheets to have students

complete and then students will get into
groups of 3-4 to identify the correct
placement of the living organisms on the
food web activity sheet. Play an online
game pertaining to the food web.

Materials:

paper cut outs of various organisms

blank sheets of paper with 3-5 blank squares

Lesson Cycle: (Direct instruction)

The teacher will:

The student will:

The students will identify things

that relates to the sources of the sun
Focus/Mental Set: Identify the foundation of the
by recalling prior knowledge about
food web by asking a formative question, What
does the sun do? to assess where the students are. the importance of the sun. The
students will name things to input
in the graphic organizer so that they
Write out a graphic organizer on the
may see the breakdown as well as
board to break down all of the things that comprehend the significance of the
relate to the sun
sun regarding the energy flow of
the food chain.
Capitalize on the statements that feed on
the food web, such as energy or
photosynthesis

If students are not knowledgeable of

relative things that pertains to the sun

then I will list a few things

Teacher Input: Explain the food web and how the

sun plays a major role in the flow of energy within

the food web by giving an oral explanation using
Prezi software to display a visual presentation. I
will incorporate an online game for the students to
play while I continue to evaluate their
understanding with this website:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com
/
content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.
html
Guided Practice: The teacher will put the students in
groups to of two or three to demonstrate or apply
what theyve just learned by working on the food
web activity handouts. The teacher will also
monitor the students by walking around the
classroom and evaluating or checking their work.
Independent Practice: Give students the food web
activity worksheets to apply their knowledge
individually within their groups so that they may
incorporate positive interdependence. However, the
teacher will still monitor the students just with
minimum guidance.
Closure: Do another online game to check for

comprehension and ask exit questions before the

students exit the classroom door.

Students will actively observe the

teacher as she show a visual
presentation. The students will also
complete and recognize the food
web information with an online
game to prepare them for the
guided practice.

Students will complete the group

work assignment with partners with
cut-out squares of the given
animals as well as the sun so that
they may place them in the correct
order of the food web.
Students will complete the food
web activity worksheets together
quietly to themselves. The students
will have ability to produce as well as
relate to the flow of the food web and
its foundation which is the sun.

Students will verbalize and

demonstrate their learning by
playing the online food web game
and answering the exit questions.