Traveling Up A Pyramid

In a food chain, not all the energy a plant gets from the sun makes it all the way to the decomposers at the end of the chain. In fact, very little of the energy makes it that far. Where does the energy go? You can build a food pyramid model to investigate!

Activity (optional)

1. Click the Activity button to access the Pyramid Model worksheet.
2. Follow the steps to model the food chain of a whooping crane. If you get confused, you can look at the sample answers by clicking the Answer Key button.