Tag: pyramid

  • Modeling Ecological Pyramids

    Modeling Ecological Pyramids

    Looking for a way to include hands-on activities in an ecology unit? I’ve struggled with student engagement in this unit, mainly because so many of the concepts involve models. In this activity, students use beads to model the three types of ecological pyramids: pyramid of numbers, pyramid of biomass, and pyramid of energy. Each group…

  • Interpreting a Food Web and Trophic Levels

    Interpreting a Food Web and Trophic Levels

    Students analyze a food web and determine the types of consumers, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Then they construct a pyramid of numbers.