Friday, 4 November 2011

Food Web Project

Due: Friday 2nd of December

Your assignment is made up of two parts:
Part one - create a food web
Part two - research project on an animal of your choice from your food web


Part One - Poster
Your challenge is to create a food web from a habitat of your choice.

The food web should be created on a poster, you can hand draw the images or you could use magazine pictures to create a collage.

The foodweb should include at least three non-living things and be clearly labelled with the animal name and a classification.

As part of your project, you will also need to define the following terms and provide an example of each:
  • herbivore 
  • carnivore 
  • omnivore 
  • insectivore 
  • producer 
  • primary consumer 
  • secondary consumer 
  • predator 
  • scavenger 
  • filter feeder 
  • cleaner 
  • parasite


Part Two -  Written Report
Research one of the animals on your food web and provide the following information on that animal:
  • where does it live? 
  • in what country is it found? 
  • what does it eat? 
  • what is it hunted by? 
  • how does it look after its young 
  • is it endangered? 
  • what does it look like? 
  • what does it spend its time doing? 
  • any other interesting information....
For information on how to write a written report, and what my expectations for your written report are, please click here.





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