FOOD PRODUCTION MODULE REVEIW

Funded by the Teacher Quality Program

A project of :

The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, The GA Museum of Natural History and Georgia 4-H

FOOD MODULE REVIEWOverview: In this module, learners work as naturalists, displaying curiosity as they investigate sources of food and food chains on their site. Activities include investigations into the eating habits of seed eating animals on their site, a food chain game, and activities about migration, a hands-on owl pellet dissection and much more. A GEN take-home pamphlet allows learners to extend their knowledge by looking for sources of wildlife food near their home and sharing their knowledge about ecosystem food production concepts with other family members. Related stewardship/ service learning projects involve enhancing their site for wildlife or developing feeding stations for birds and other wildlife.

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FOOD MODULEEnduring Understandings:

Learners will understand that…All living things need energy from the sun to survive.Many creatures use their school site as a source of food.Their activities can help wildlife survive on their site.

Essential Questions: How do living things feed themselves?What animals eat on my school site?What can I do to help wildlife find appropriate food on my site?

FOOD Major Concepts:

1. A major function of a healthy ecosystem is producing nutritious food for the animals that live there.2. The sun is the base of all food chains.3. Organisms have adapted and will “eat” a variety of foods within the ecosystem.4. Relationships between producers (plants) and consumers (animals) can be diagrammed in food chains/webs.5. Migratory animals require suitable habitat and food in all places along their migration route.6. Population growth and the over-consumption of resources pushes the limits of a sustainable agricultural system. 7. Agricultural, political, and lifestyle changes are needed to ensure enough food for all creatures on Earth.

Each module contains 4 main Lessons as well as a suggested Citizen Science project.

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Introductory PowerpointInstructor Background Info

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Welcome to the Food Production Department

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Every place on Earth is an ecosystem,

including our club site.

In today’s GEN club adventure, we will investigate food production eco-services…

…on our club site!

What do organisms need to survive?

• Air•Water• Food

Where does all the food on Earth come from?

The Sun!

Plants use the sun’s energy to

grow leaves, roots and stems

Animals and fungi can use the plants as

their food

The sun provides the energy to fuel food chains

What is special about plants? How are they able to use the sun’s energy to make food

for themselves?

Inside many plant cells are special structures called chloroplasts that use the

sun’s energy to make sugars.

Chloroplasts use carbon dioxide and water from the air and use

the sun’s energy to fuel a chemical reaction that forms

sugar molecules.

OK, so the sun helps make plants grow, then

what?

Herbivores• Eat plants, which gives them the energy they need to survive.• Primary consumers

Carnivores

• Secondary consumers• They eat other animals, which gives them the energy they need to survive.

Tertiary Consumers • Also carnivores• They eat other carnivores for energy they need to survive.

Food chains show how energy moves from one group of

organisms to another

But nature is complicated!Energy really passes through food webs.

Food webs occur on land, in water, and even underground.

Where is my food?

What happens when the food an animal eats cannot be found for the entire year in one place?

MIGRATION!

Birds “fly south” for the winter.

Ruby-throated hummingbirds must migrate when their food dies back for the winter.

Can Madame Squirrel’s workers produce enough

food for all Earth’s creatures,

including people?

What Do You Think?What are your favorite things to eat?

What Do You Think?What would a bear eat from a “forest restaurant”?

What would a fox or a rabbit eat?

What Do You Think?The next time you sit down to eat dinner…

imagine the food chains for the things on your dinner plate!

The Food Production Department provides food for more than 6 billion people

...and must provide for the needs of all Earth’s creatures.

Food Department Threats: Single variety farming (monocultures)

Controlling herbivores and diseases requires use of pesticides

How will we learn about the Food Production Department?

Owl pellet dissection

Plant/Harvest Vegetables

What can you do?

Learn about different ways to grow food.

What can you do?

Think

Organic!

What can you do?

Plant food-bearing trees and nectar plants for animals that live nearby.

And much more!

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• Quiz Yourself• • 1. Name three ways in which farmers attempt to control the agricultural

environment.• 2. A human society which does not grow its own food but rather relies

upon searching out food from the environment in which it lives is called a ____________________________ society.

• 3. How does human activity threaten the quality and safety of the fish and shellfish we consume?

• 4. Name three plant parts (e.g. stems, leaves, or roots) and an animal that consumes them.

• 5. When farmers grow only one kind of crop in a field, this is called ______________ farming.

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