Bring ecosystems, energy transfer, and food web relationships to life with this engaging, hands-on science station! This food web diagram activity is designed to help students understand the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem by creating and labeling their own interconnected food webs.

With clear reading passages, vivid visuals, and scaffolded worksheets, students will gain a deep understanding of how matter and energy movethrough an ecosystem—all while developing critical thinking and modeling skills. 🌿🦁🍄

✅ Skills Covered

• Identifying biotic and abiotic factors
• Describing energy flow from the sun to producers, consumers, and decomposers
• Differentiating between herbivores, carnivores, omnivores
• Understanding food chains and food webs
• Modeling ecosystem relationships
• Using science vocabulary in context

📦 What’s Included

• 4-page student-friendly reading passage about food webs
• Printable cut-and-paste diagram activity
• Hands-on materials: organism cutouts, labels, diagram templates
• Student instructions and optional use of paper plates/string
• Comprehension questions (short answer, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice)
• Printable task cards for flexible use
• Answer key for all question formats
• Google Slides + Google Forms links for digital implementation

💡 Classroom Use Ideas

• Science station during a unit on ecosystems
• Interactive small group activity
• Assessment tool for NGSS 5-LS2-1
• Integration with ELA standards through reading and response
• Great for sub plans, early finishers, or science centers

🎯 Why Teachers Love It

• ✔️ Aligned with NGSS and 5th grade science/ELA standards
• ✔️ Supports visual and kinesthetic learners
• ✔️ Easy to prep—just print, cut, and go!
• ✔️ Includes digital and printable formats
• ✔️ Encourages critical thinking and science modeling

This resource will deepen your students' understanding of food webs in a meaningful, hands-on way—while saving you time and keeping science instruction engaging and standards-based. ⭐

This DIAGRAM station is also available in a discounted bundle of 8 stations about Food Webs.

Information about the Food Webs Science Stations UNIT BUNDLE

These Food Webs Next Generation Science Stations include eight different science stations where students deepen their understanding of food webs, ecosystems, consumers, producers and decomposers, and the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. The focus is on 5-LS2-1.

TERMS OF USE

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