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Highly engaging and interactive lesson on matter and energy. Your students are going to love this lesson on food chains and food webs showing the ways in which matter and energy is recycled in an ecosystem. This 5th Grade NGSS aligned matter and energy lesson is easy to follow and fun to use and teach with. No prep, just print and teach.
This lesson has been designed to align with the NGSS standard 5-LS2-1 “develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment”.
These activities can be used as science stations or as stand alone activities.
- Read It – the students read about the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone and the dramatic effect it had on the entire ecosystem.
- Identify It – at this station the students learn about producers, consumers and decomposers and identify them.
- Watch It -student watch a short (3m) video on the importance of decomposers and answer questions based on the video.
- Describe It – at this station students describe and identify the various parts of a food chain and how everything is interconnected.
- Make It – here students will make their own food chains /webs and answer questions on it.
- Read It – at this station the students will read about the effects of an invasive species and answer questions on it.
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