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Instructional Video

Energy Transfer in Trophic Levels

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet

Learn more about food chains, the food web, and the concepts relating to them. It focuses on consumers, producers, decomposers, energy transfer, and energy loss across trophic levels.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
trophic levels, energy transfer, producers, autotrophs, consumers, herbivores, omnivores, carnivores, decomposers, food chains, food webs
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Additional Tags
science
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Instructional Ideas
  • Copy the trophic level diagram at 0:45 into science journals
  • Discuss the pros and cons of food web and food chains
Classroom Considerations
  • Assumes prior knowledge of autotrophs and heterotrophs, but it is not required
  • This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
  • Highlights vocabulary throughout
  • Does not require much class time
Cons
  • None