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Are you looking for a creative way for your students to use their knowledge of ecosystems and food chains/food webs in a real-world context? This activity/project allows students to create a menu based on the producers, consumers, and decomposers for their chosen ecosystem or biome. It combines science, research, and art, so it is definitely a multi-disciplinary approach to life science. Students will select an ecosystem and then select an herbivore, a carnivore, and an omnivore for which to c

If you are looking for something fun to use for informal evaluation, this activity fits the bill! This is an interactive activity involving adding and subtracting like fractions. There are 22 cards, and each one features both an adding and subtracting word problem. For younger children, students could work with a partner; for the older students, it is best used as individual work. An answer key is provided. The activity correlates with the Common Core Standard 4.NF.B.3c.