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Description
Students learn about ecosystems on Earth by creating a new one on an imaginary planet. This project is meant as a culminating project for students who have already been learning about the relationships between producers, consumers, and decomposers in ecosystems.
This download includes:
- An overview
- A PBL Contract and Calendar
- All necessary pages (1 energy source, 1 decomposer, 1 producer, 3 consumers)
- A t-chart to list biotic and abiotic elements
- A worksheet to sketch a food web
- 2 critical thinking questions
- 1 note to send home to families requesting a shoe box
This download supports the following NGSS:
5-LS2-1. Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
5-PS3-1. Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
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What others say
Description
Students learn about ecosystems on Earth by creating a new one on an imaginary planet. This project is meant as a culminating project for students who have already been learning about the relationships between producers, consumers, and decomposers in ecosystems.
This download includes:
- An overview
- A PBL Contract and Calendar
- All necessary pages (1 energy source, 1 decomposer, 1 producer, 3 consumers)
- A t-chart to list biotic and abiotic elements
- A worksheet to sketch a food web
- 2 critical thinking questions
- 1 note to send home to families requesting a shoe box
This download supports the following NGSS:
5-LS2-1. Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
5-PS3-1. Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
