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Food Web Activity

Students will create a food web as a small group activity. The webs will show comparisons with food chains and contain explainations of energy transfers within the food chain.

Rubric Code: S3A79C

By michaelmcdowell

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: (none)

Food Web Activity Enter rubric description
	5 pts	4 pts	2 pts	1 pts	0 pts
Food Chains 40 % Contains distinct food chains, beginning with an autotroph and ending with a carnivore	5 ( x 40 %) Contains 4 food chains.	4 ( x 40 %) Contains 3 food chains	2 ( x 40 %) Contains 2 food chains	1 ( x 40 %) Contains 1 food chain	0 ( x 40 %) Contains 0 food chains
Energy Transfer 20 % Arrows Indicating energy transfer are pointed in the correct direction	5 ( x 20 %) Arrows in all separate food chains those linking them are pointed to the consumer.	4 ( x 20 %) Most arrows in separate food chains those linking them are pointed to the consumer.	2 ( x 20 %) Use of correct arrows in all separate food chains those linking them is inconsistent.	1 ( x 20 %) Arrows point in the incorrect direction.	0 ( x 20 %) Contains 0 arrows.
Feeding Relationships 40 % Food chains are linked to one another to make a food web.	5 ( x 40 %) All food chains are cohesively linked through feeding relationships.	4 ( x 40 %) Most feeding relationships have been identified to link food chains.	2 ( x 40 %) Feeding relationships are inconsistently linked or incorrectly linked.	1 ( x 40 %) Little evidence of feeding relationships among individual food chains is displayed.	0 ( x 40 %) Contains no feeding relationships among food chains.