Whos eating who?

Imagine you were a killer

whale. What would you eat? Lets explore
the food chain and find out!

Task
Students will be assigned the role of either a

producer,consumer,or decomposer. They will need to

research their role and provide three examples on their
worksheet .
They will create an illustration of a food chain using
one of their three examples.

Process
1.You will be assigned a group with 3 members.
2.You will be signed the role of either a

producer,consumer,or decompser.
3.You will fill out the worksheet based on your role
using the internet.
4.You will provide three examples of your role.
5.You will choose one of these three examples and
create an illustration of a food chain.

Resources
Food Chain
http://classroom.hiddenvilla.org/curriculum/for-

english-language-learners/fourth-grade/producersand-consumers
Learn about producers,cosumers,and decomposers!
Food Web

Evaluation
CATEGORY 4
3
2
1
Title
is
informative,
Title
is
informative
Title
is
informative
The title is
Title
centered, and
larger than other
text.

and larger than

other text.

and centered.

incomplete and
does not clearly
indicate what
organism is
pictured.

Drawing general

Lines are clear

and not smudged.
Color is used
carefully to
enhance the
drawing. Overall,
the quality of the
drawing is
excellent.

There are a few

erasures,
smudged lines or
stray marks on the
paper.Color is
used carefully to
enhance the
drawing. Overall,
the drawing is
good.

There are
erasures, and
smudged lines.
The drawing is not
colored. Overall,
the quality of the
drawing is fair.

There are several

erasures,
smudged lines or
stray marks on the
paper which take
away from the
drawing. Overall,
the quality of the
drawing is poor.

Spelling

All words are

spelled correctly in
the title, labels and
caption/description
.

All common words

are spelled
correctly in the
title, labels and
description. 1-2
scientific words
may be
misspelled.

Some common
words are spelled
correctly in the
title,labels and
description.3-4
scientific words
may be
misspelled.

The majority of the

common words
are spelled
incorrectly. No
scientific words
are used.

Labels

The role that

needs to be
identified has a
label(producer,con
sumer,decompose
r). It is clear which
animal the food
chain is for.

Almost all items

that need to be
identified have
labels. It is clear
which food chain
goes with which
role.

Most items that

need to be
identified have
labels. It is clear
which food chain
goes with which
role.

It is not clear
which food chain
goes with which
role.

Conclusion