1. Exploring
Energy
Pyramids

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.