What happens to available energy as it moves through an ecosystem?

This activity is a lab exercise where students look at the passing of water in cups and compare it to the loss of available energy as it moves through an ecosystem. Students will collect data, calculate efficiency, graph the data and respond to reflection questions to connect the data to what happens in an ecosystem. The end of the activity includes a connection to the 10% rule where only 10% of energy from one trophic level is available at the next level.

Resource ID#: 128757 Type: Lesson Plan

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Subject(s): Mathematics, Science

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Intended Audience: Educators

Instructional Time: 1 Hour(s) 30 Minute(s)

Keywords: ecology, energy, energy trophic levels, energy transfer, energy pyramid, scatter plot, line of best fit, bivariate data, trophic levels

Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan

Resource Collection: FCR-STEMLearn Diversity and Ecology

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