Name _____________________________________________

Trophic Levels Choices Board

Directions: Choose two activities to complete from the choices board below. Be sure to
match the shapes your teacher assigned you.
Choice 1: I will choose a _________________ activity to complete by myself.
(shape)

Choice 2: I will choose a _________________ activity to complete with a friend.

(shape)

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Imagine that you want to

teach younger children
about trophic levels. Write
and illustrate a simple
nonfiction picture book
about a food web for a
ponds ecosystem.

Choose an ecosystem.
Make a poster about how
food energy flows in that
ecosystem. Include facts
and illustrations that give
basic information.

Find out about the

different ecosystems in
your state or country.
Make a brochure to share
your findings with others.

Draw a diagram showing a

food web for a wolf. Color
and label the picture.

What would happen if an

entire trophic level in a
food web became extinct?
Write an essay or a poem
to share your predictions
of how the ecosystem
would change.

Create a trophic levels

menu for an ecosystem.
List dining options for
primary, secondary, and
tertiary consumers.

Research how one

ecosystem and food web
was affected either by a
natural disaster (e.g., a
flood or a fire) or a human
disaster (e.g., an oil spill).
Create a presentation
to share your findings.

Make a set of at least five

food-web trading cards
for a specific ecosystem.
Include a photo or
illustration of a plant or
animal on one side and a
list of key facts on the
other side.

Use a Venn diagram to

compare and contrast one
ecosystem on land with
one ecosystem in a body
of water.

Choose an ecosystem.
Make lists of primary,
secondary, and tertiary
consumers. Then, record
what food each animal
needs to survive.

Make a model showing

how energy travels
through a marine (ocean)
food web. Be sure to
include where the energy
originates and where it
ends up.

What would happen

if the population of
one trophic level in an
ecosystem suddenly grew?
Create a skit to share
yourprediction.

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Shell Education

Name _____________________________________________

Trophic Levels Choices Cards

Directions: Choose activities from the cards below.

Find out about the

different ecosystems in
your state or country.
Make a brochure to
share your findings
withothers.

What would happen

if an entire trophic
level in a food web
became extinct? Write
an essay or a poem to
share your predictions
of how the ecosystem
wouldchange.

Research how one

ecosystem and food
web was affected either
by a natural disaster
(e.g., a flood or a fire)
or a human disaster
(e.g.,an oil spill). Create
a presentation to share
your findings.

Make a model showing

how energy travels
through a marine
(ocean) food web. Be
sure to include where
the energy originates
and where it ends up.

Shell Education

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Name _____________________________________________

Trophic Levels Choices Cards

Directions: Choose activities from the cards below.

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Imagine that you want

to teach younger
children about trophic
levels. Write and
illustrate a simple
nonfiction picture book
about a food web for a
ponds ecosystem.

Create a Trophic Levels

Menu for an ecosystem.
List dining options for
primary, secondary, and
tertiary consumers.

Make a set of at least

five food-web trading
cards for a specific
ecosystem. Include a
photo or illustration of a
plant or animal on one
side and a list of key
facts on the other side.

What would happen

if the population of
one trophic level in an
ecosystem suddenly
grew? Create a skit to
share your prediction.

#50738Activities for a Differentiated Classroom, Level 6

Shell Education

Name _____________________________________________

Trophic Levels Choices Cards

Directions: Choose activities from the cards below.

Choose an ecosystem.
Make a poster about
how food energy flows
in that ecosystem.
Include facts and
illustrations that give
basic information.

Draw a diagram
showing a food web for
a wolf. Color and label
the picture.

Use a Venn diagram to

compare and contrast
one ecosystem on land
with one ecosystem in a
body of water.

Choose an ecosystem.
Make lists of primary,
secondary, and tertiary
consumers. Then,
record what food each
animal needs to survive.

Shell Education

#50738Activities for a Differentiated Classroom, Level 6

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