Students research animals' eating habits and create appropriate food chains
Printable Version of the Food Chains Lesson
Mrs. Nowack Introduces the Lesson to Her Class
In this section, Mrs. Nowack introduces the lesson to the class along with some helpful Web sites they can use to create their food chains. She also shows them an educational online video about food chains provided courtesy of the BrainPOP Web site.
BrainPOP is an educational Web site that is the leading producer of educational animated movies for K-12 students. Teachers and students can use the resources at BrainPOP to enhance the learning experience.
The BrainPOP video shown in this exhibit is shown with permission from BrainPOP.com L.L.C.
Let's Get Started!
The students are going to put their food chains into an Excel spreadsheet complete with graphics. Here Mrs. Nowack helps them get started by demonstrating how to put graphics into their Excel files.
Teamwork is an important part of the eMINTS program. With two students to a computer it's important for both students to get a chance to navigate the mouse and use the computer. In this case, Mrs. Nowack refers to each team as a "driver" and a "passenger" and reminds them to work together. Their efforts to work as a team affect their grades on this project.
Printable Version of Excel Spreadsheet
This is a printable version of the excel spreadsheet that Mrs. Nowack demonstrates to the class above.
