Decomposers Activity 5.1 Overview

Target Student Performance

Students “zoom in” to the structure and function of a mushroom’s organ systems and cells, tracing atoms and energy.

Resources You Provide

Resources Provided

Recurring Resources

Setup

Print a Decomposer 11 x 17 Poster for each pair of students. Gather enough pennies and nickels to have 10 pennies for each pair of students and 3 nickels for each pair of students. Print one copy of 5.1 Tracing Atoms and Energy in Decomposers Worksheet for each student. Prepare a computer and a projector to display the PPT. Print and hang the Digestion and Biosynthesis 11 x 17 Posters and the Metabolic Pathways 11 x 17 Poster.