Northwest arctic borough school district po box 51 744 east third kotzebue, ak 99752 phone. Engage your students during remote learning with video readalouds. Lesson 7 a quick introduction to food chains followed by expanding it to food webs. May 09, 2014 high school science learning activity. A class discussion on interdependence and the different roles plants and animals play in ecosystems provides students with the knowledge to complete a worksheet asking them to create food chains involving a variety of arctic life. Copepods are eaten by arc c char, amphipods, humpback whales, and arc c cod. If you come across a polar bear during your arctic cruise youll be looking at the worlds largest species of bear and the largest land predator. Outreach and engagement the outreach and engagement section organizes conferences and workshops to increase cooperation and connect different interest groups, discuss challenges andor barriers in key areas in addition. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The soil food web is similar to the food chain, except that the typical food chain is linear, while the soil food web shows everything that can eat or be eaten in a cyclical relationship. Below, we will address each of these findings in turn.
In the arctic, food chains have the potential to be drastically affected by climate change. Currently, in canada, there are 7 monitoring programs, with 1 program in development. Permission is granted to copy, distribute andor modify this document under the terms of the gnu free documentation license, version 1. Explain that you will assign each student a role, and they will explore what happens when they interact with other animals in the food web. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
There are 17 different whales species including dolphins and porpoises that can be found swimming in arctic waters. While polar bears rule the ice, its the whales that sit at the top of the arctics marine food web. Arctic smorgasbord activity arctic food web cards photo. Give each student a slip of paper that assigns him or her the role of one of the following animals in the shark bay food web. Below are some of the things you can expect to see on an antarctica menu. Pdf food web structure in the high arctic canada basin. Nitty gritty science offers an interactive ecology lesson the arctic food web which is a activity pack teaching students about feeding relationships and the movement of energy in an ecosystem. Its fulfilling the hippocratic oath of architecture, juror reed kroloff said. It makes life better for the residentsa whole lot better. The completed diagram reveals how energy flows through an antarctic ecosystem and the relationships between. Home facts cycles within the arctic tern diet food web adaptations citations home facts cycles within the arctic tern diet food web adaptations citations diet and food web arctic terns eat crustaceans, zooplankton, fish and insects.
Make a list on the front board of all the animals that students know live in antarctica. Players must position the names of producers and consumers in the correct places in a diagram. Supporting these top predators is a complex ecosystem that includes plankton, fish, birds, seals, walruses, and even whales. Polar bears prefer to eat ringed and bearded seals, but will also eat arctic fox, walrus and beluga whales. There is a large difference in size between male and female polar bears with the male weighing anything from 350 to 800 kilograms.
In the antarctic food chain krill are primary consumers and baleen whales, penguins, seals and many kinds of fish and other birds are secondary consumers when feeding on krill. Note the different species and where they fit into the food web trophic levels decribed above. Themes include arctic food webs, training like an explorer, expedition food, insulation and clothing, the impacts of melting ice and conducting a press conference. The increase of freshwater to the bering sea is also caused by inflowfrom rivers such as the yukon river.
Minerals, which make up the nonliving portion of the soil. Then students watch a video about plankton and why they are so important. In the arc c ocean, photosynthe c pro sts known as phytoplankton form the base of a food web. Exposing the structure of an arctic food web article pdf available in ecology and evolution 517. Food chain worksheet pdf 29 fresh food chain worksheet food chains and food webs worksheets careless this is a great food web activity that allows students to assign the various animals to their role in the food web. Copepods and other invertebrates animals without a backbone feed on microscopic algae. Pemmican is a tasty mix of ground and dried meat mixed with a whole lot of fat. Jul 20, 2019 while polar bears rule the ice, its the whales that sit at the top of the arctic s marine food web. This lesson is on the food web of the arctic ocean. Minute creatures, also called soil biota, which bring the soil to life.
Food web food web, trophic level, biology projects. Check your understanding of the arctic food chain with this interactive quiz and printable worksheet. Arctic tundra biome food web practically the entire food. Wander through the classroom giving feedback to student groups. Antarctic food chain sheet studyladder interactive learning. Pdf the arctic tundra food web in a changing climate and the role.
Pdf trophic relationships in the pelagic, arctic food web. This provides details about plankton being at the bottom of the food chain and their link to food supplies, oxygen supplies and fossil fuels. Food web assembly along salt marsh succession waddenacademie. Gauthier and others published the arctic tundra food web in a changing climate and the role of exchanges between. See below to learn about each of these food webs and how they can be affected by climate change. Food chain worksheet pdf 29 fresh food chain worksheet food chains and food webs worksheets careless this is a great food web activity that allows students to assign the various animals to. There is a large difference in size between male and female polar bears with the male weighing anything from 350 to.
These form an important food supply for larger zooplankton species, which in turn feed birds, fish and some mammals. The best antarctica food options will keep you warm while providing energy. Exposing the structure of an arctic food web university of helsinki. In the second of a twopart report marking the 40th anniversary of the wilderness act, we profile the gates of the arctic national park, north of the arctic circle in the brooks range of alaska.
In an arctic ecosystem, invertebrate species composition changes and species richness increases along succession hodkinson, coulson et al. The arctic berries, the producer, pass 10% of its energy to the hare, making the hare a primary consumer. The terrestial ecosystem or ecosystems the arctic is. Their predators are waiting to capture them and steal their food, and they, as prey, will be trying to avoid being eaten as they gather food. If students mention polar bears, remind them that they live in the north pole, but not the south pole. How to be productive at home from a remote work veteran. The lessons can also be combined into a polar challenge day. When food chains connect or overlap, it is called a food web. Geological survey and the bureau of ocean energy management describes 109 marine fish species from the chukchi and beaufort seas, providing planners with valuable information useful to manage fish populations.
Antarctica food 5 things on the menu in antarctica. Now study the arctic food web illustration below online or by printing out the high resolution pdf. Overall, this benchmark dissection of a higharctic food web paves the way for a new view on arctic communities with implications for how we should be monitoring arctic communities under progressing climate change. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled gnu free documentation license. Apr 16, 2020 antarctica food whats on the menu in antarctica. While poorly studied to date, arctic food webs are commonly assumed to be simple. Pdf the food pathway in the pelagic marine ecosystem originates in phytoplankton whose organic constituents are ingested and transformed. What do loon and arctic tern have in common in a food web. The combination and variation of physical factors ice, rock, sand and mud substrate, temperature, salinity, water movement, nutrients, light determine the biology of the system.
Highly adapted to frigid waters, arctic char is distributed further north than any other freshwater fish. Antarctica food chains and food webs a simple antarctic food chain is the secret to the success of the baleen whales keep the chain short and transfer as much energy as possible as efficiently as possible. This affects the ocean and tundra ecosystem a lot when it comes to large numbers of arctic. The barents sea is a shelf sea of the arctic ocean with large. The only predator for the polar bear is man not shown on this ecosystem chart. Plants make their own food through a process called photosynthesis. Explore the food chains that support arctic ecosystems. Using the energy from the sun, water and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and nutrients, they chemically make their own food. We compared food webs from 25 subregions in the barents sea and examined. In this lesson, well cover what a food chain is and what plants and animals are involved in the arctic food chain. The updated marine fish inventory includes 20 newly confirmed species and 104 new descriptions, complete with distribution maps, life cycle. Well end with the important of preserving the arctic wildlife in the food chain. To provide a learning environment that inspires and challenges students and employees to excel our vision. Consumers eat producers getting their energy from the producer.
This arctic food chain lesson plan is suitable for 3rd 6th grade. Oh pemmican, the food of true antarctic expeditions. If you eat any contaminated food, then you will have 10 times the amount of dioxins they had. Print and fill out the arctic food web trophic level data sheet pdf below you can also use these two food web graphic organizers 1. Great polar bears roam the arctic ice and swim the arctic seas. The foodweb structure of the arctic deep canada basin was investigated in summer 2002 using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope tracers. Climate change is having a rapid impact on the arctic food web on land and on the ice. The thematic network on northern food security is divided into two sections. Apr 30, 2016 lesson 7 a quick introduction to food chains followed by expanding it to food webs. Food web structure of the alaskan nearshore shelf and estuarine lagoons of the beaufort sea article pdf available in estuaries and coasts 352 march 2012 with 108 reads how we measure reads. The jury agreed that the arctic food network stands to accomplish designs most important task.
Kids activity games, worksheets and lesson plans for primary and junior high school students in united states. Overall foodweb length of the range of organisms sampled. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Jan 25, 2015 the soil food web is similar to the food chain, except that the typical food chain is linear, while the soil food web shows everything that can eat or be eaten in a cyclical relationship. Acmp 20062008 uaf geophysical institute b3 a coastal arctic food web teachers note.
Arctic food chain lesson plan for 3rd 6th grade lesson. As permafrost and glaciers melt, the freshwater is discharged into the oceans. It looks efficient but, in terms of productivity, it is very inefficient. Explain and illustrate the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web. To graduate all students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for a successful future. Disappearing zooplankton could collapse arctic food chain. Involve the students in trying to adjust the number of animals in each group so that waterfowl web of life. As a result, individual provinces have established prescription monitoring programs to promote the appropriate use of certain monitored drugs with the potential for abuse, misuse and diversion for nonmedical purposes. Gracie ankcorn leopard seal harp seal 22,220 kcals polar bear krill snowy owl caribou cotton grass phytoplankton arctic cod arctic fox arctic hare arctic wolf arctic willow arctic azalea orca polar bear caribou moss lichen lemmings apex predator key.
As you can see in the title of this prezi it is all about food webs of the artic ocean and fresh water. Build a food weba complex model that shows how various food chains in an ecosystem are connectedusing this interactive game adapted from the bigelow laboratory for ocean sciences. Food chains and food webs food chains all living organisms plants and animals must eat some type of food for survival. While poorly studied to date, arctic food webs are commonly assumed to be simple in structure, with few links per species. Polar bears eat the arctic seal and the atlantic salmon and has no predator thus for making it the top of its food web.
Whales are the largest animals ever to have lived, larger even than the largest dinosaurs. Build a food web a complex model that shows how various food chains in an ecosystem are connectedusing this interactive game adapted from the bigelow laboratory for ocean sciences. If one part of the food web becomes extinct, the entire web may be affected, causing drastic consequences. Monitoring programs for drugs with potential for abuse or. Arctic food web an interactive ecology lesson ecology. With less sea ice, phytoplankton growing near the surface get more sunlight, potentially boosting their growth rates.
Welcome to tennessee csmd, please login to continue. At the center of this food web, supporting all of this life, are phytoplankton and algae that produce organic material using energy from the sun. The completed diagram reveals how energy flows through an antarctic ecosystem and the relationships between predators. The csmd is working diligently to provide the best customer service possible, but the best way for that to occur is through partnership. The snowy owl is an example of a secondary consumer when he consumes the arctic hare. If a consumer eats more than one type of organism, there should be an arrow to each organism it consumes. The food or trophic web indicates the ways in which matter is transferred through the ecosystem. Pdf food web structure of the alaskan nearshore shelf and. Many animals are a mixture of primary, secondary, tertiary 3rd and quaternary 4th consumers as they eat a variety of prey. Sandra zicus algae convert solar energy into chemical energy. This is a good basis for students to build on when learning about the different parts of a food web. Tell them to keep reading the cards and adding more organisms on to their paper.
The arctic berry is an example of a primary producer, or autotroph, because it produces its own food from the 20% of energy that has been made available to it from the sun through a process called photosynthesis. Food web scenario arc c the following paragraph describes a food web. Like its cousin the salmon, both anadromous seagoing and freshwater populations of char exist. Juror john frane noted that while the project includes an aesthetic agenda that comes. The terrestial ecosystem or ecosystems material flow. Since most animals eat more than one type of food, they might have several different food chains that can be made. Arctic food web free lessons teacher created resources. Below is a list of who eats who the arctic seal is eaten by the polar bear and eats the atlantic salmon. Uarctic thematic network on northern food security. There is an urgent need to monitor measurable quantitative indicators of food and water security in the arctic over time, especially when climate and environmental changes together with increased industrial activities, in particular mining and shipping, will be big challenges for human health.
Even creatures living many metres below the arctic oceans surface rely on algae that grow in sea ice and so, like those living near the surface, may feel the. Both copepods and humpback whales ac vely feed on phytoplankton. Tiny animals, including crustaceans, feed on phytoplankton. The arctic is home to the polar bear, caribou, musk oxen, walrus, the beluga and bowhead whales.
Read the subarctic farming in alaska discussion from the chowhound food media, in the news food community. How much they eat determines how much of other organisms and plants their are in this ecosystem. If you have an issue you can help the csmd team by sending a screenshot of the errors or messages to csmd. In the arctic, there are several food chains that crisscross to make a food web, starting with the sun, then producers like phytoplankton in the sea and grasses and lichens on land. Arctic food web by activity center may 9, 2014 diy crafts and activities, food and recipes, high school, high school science in this activity you will travel to the arctic and learn the difference between primary producers and consumers, secondary and tertiary consumers, and detrivores. Subarctic farming in alaska food media in the news. In this lesson, well go over what a food web is and what type of organisms live in the arctic ocean. Into the seas and oceans biological riches of the seas and ocean. Lesson 7 antarctic and arctic food webs and the global.
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