2. Check your
supplies:
Cash register tape
Scissors
Tape
Construction
paper
Colored pencils
Instruction sheet
3. Measure and cut
1,000mm (1m) of
cash register tape.
Label this strip
“1,000 units of
energy.”
4. Measure and cut
100mm (10cm) of
cash register tape.
Label this strip “100
units of energy.”
5. Measure and cut
10mm (1cm) of
cash register tape.
Label this strip “10
units of energy.”
6. Measure and
CAREFULLY cut
1mm of cash
register tape.
Make a label to go
beside this strip
labelled “1 unit of
energy.”
7. On the piece of
construction
paper, tape the
four strips together
to from a pyramid
shape, with the
1,000mm tape at
the bottom.
8. Labels
To the side, label each trophic level of the
energy pyramid.
Draw producers, primary consumers,
secondary consumers, and tertiary
consumers on the pyramid, beginning at
the bottom.
