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    Year 7 Science

    Common Assessment Task – Food Webs Poster


    Interactions between Organisms
    Introduction;

    You have been learning about how different species interact with each other out in the wild – in
    particular you have looked at identifying food chains and food webs within an ecosystem.

    Your task for this assignment is to create a food web which shows the relationships between
    predator and prey within the GOULBURN RIVER ECOSYSTEM.

    Your task:

    1. Read through the information relating to the Goulburn River Ecosystem found with
    this C.A.T.

    2. Complete the Analysis Table provided with this C.A.T. by identifying for each organism
    what it eats, and what it gets eaten by.

    3. On a separate piece of paper or using a computer, construct a food web for the
    Goulburn River Ecosystem. You should include the following:
    • All organisms named (pictures of each organism optional)
    • Arrows pointing in the correct direction showing energy flow through the food
    web
    • All producers, consumers, and apex predators are clearly identified, either by
    shading them different colours or clearly labelling them.
    • Your final product should be neat and tidy, easily read and presentable.
    Make sure you check out the assessment rubric to make sure you have completed
    everything correctly!

    Completion and Submission

    You will be assigned three “lessons” in weeks 7&8 to complete this assignment. We recommend you
    break down the lessons as follows:

    CAT Lesson 1: Research and complete Analysis Table


    CAT Lesson 2: Construct a draft food web – place all organisms in the correct places
    CAT Lesson 3: Construct your final copy poster.

    You may submit your assignment either in hard copy when you return to school in Week 9, or online
    via the Compass Learning Task “Interactions Between Organisms: Food Web Poster”
    Common Assessment Task - Poster Rubric
    Interactions between Organisms

    Not Shown (0) Low (0) Medium (1) High (2)


    Food web is
    Constructs No food web is A simple food An incomplete food constructed and
    a food web constructed chain is presented web is constructed contains all
    organisms
    Does not draw Draws arrows
    Draws arrows
    lines between between correct
    Identifies Draws lines between correct
    organisms, or organisms, in the
    energy between correct organisms, but in
    draws lines correct direction
    flows organisms the wrong
    between unrelated to show energy
    direction
    organisms flow

    Producers are Producers are All producers are


    Identifies Producers are not
    identified, but are identified, but are correctly
    Producers identified
    incorrect. not complete identified

    Consumers are Consumers are All consumers are


    Identifies Consumers are not
    identified, but are identified, but are correctly
    Consumers identified
    incorrect not complete identified

    Identifies Apex predators Apex predators All apex predators


    Apex predators
    Apex are identified, but are identified, but are correctly
    are not identified
    Predators are incorrect are not complete identified

    All lines are clearly


    Food web is neat
    Some elements of marked and a ruler
    Presents and easy to
    Food web is messy the food web are is used to make
    food web interpret, and all
    and unable to read messy and difficult the poster neat.
    neatly organisms are
    to interpret All organisms are
    logically placed.
    logically placed.
    Poster is well Poster is well
    No effort placed
    Enhances presented, presented,
    into enhancing the Poster uses some
    presentation including use of including the use
    presentation of elements of colour.
    of food web colour, of colour and
    the poster.
    font/writing pictures.

    The poster has The poster has The poster


    No name or title is
    Naming either a title or both a title and includes the
    given on the poster
    the student’s name the student’s name students form.

    SCORE: _______ / 16
    The Goulburn River Ecosystem

    The Goulburn River flows for 654 kilometres, which makes it the
    longest river in Victoria. Many different organisms live in the
    Goulburn River ecosystem. Some plants, such as algae and water
    ribbons, grow in the water. Other plants, like bulrush and common
    reed, grow along the riverbanks.
    Water boatmen swim in the water. They are eating the algae and
    reeds. Mosquito larvae also eat the algae while the freshwater
    snail eats both the algae and water ribbons. A long necked tortoise
    pokes its nostrils above the water. The tortoise eats the algae too,
    as well as feeding on snails, water boatmen and yabbies. The water
    boatman provides food for many species including fish, frogs,
    diving beetles and dragonfly larvae. The yabbies are scavengers,
    feeding on rotting plant and animal matter. The mosquito larvae are
    considered a delicacy for several varieties of fish.
    Many birds also live along the waterway. Pacific black ducks are
    feeding on fish, dragonfly larvae and diving beetles, while the
    occasional visiting pelican feeds on fish, frogs and dragonfly larvae.
    Black swans make a beautiful sight, bending their long necks to
    forage under the water, grazing on the water ribbons, snails and
    an occasional fish. The white-faced heron makes a meal of the fish
    and frogs. The purple swamp hen runs quickly from the bulrushes
    where it feeds on the tender growth of the bulrushes and also
    makes its nest. On the bank a blue-tongue lizard is sunning itself
    in a warm rock. It snaps at the dragonflies, mosquito, and diving
    beetle. If it is really hungry, the lizard will sometimes also eat a
    frog.
    Goulburn River Ecosystem – Analysis Table

    Organism Eats Gets Eaten By

    Bulrushes
    Water ribbons
    Algae
    Reeds
    Dragonfly
    Dragonfly
    larvae
    Mosquito
    Mosquito larvae
    Freshwater
    snail
    Diving beetle
    Water boatmen
    Yabby
    Tortoise
    Fish
    Black swan
    Duck
    Pelican
    Frog
    Heron
    Swamp hen
    Lizard

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