Life Science · Matter and Energy in Ecosystems
Food Webs: Matter & Energy in Ecosystems
Build and read food webs to trace how matter and food energy move through an ecosystem. Use arrows carefully and make predictions from direct feeding relationships.
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55 min~10 min prep7 materialsNGSS verified · 5-LS2-1 · 5-PS3-1
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Lesson overview
What students will learn
- I can use a food-web model to trace feeding relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers.
- I can explain that energy in animals' food can be traced back to the Sun through producers.
Key science ideas
- Producers form the base of many food webs.
- Consumers get food by eating other organisms.
- Decomposers break down dead material and return matter to the environment.
Lesson at a glance
- Grade 5
- 55 min
- ~10 min prep
- 5-LS2-1 · 5-PS3-1
- 7 materials
What’s included
- Lesson Plan
- Investigation
- Teacher Slides
- Printable Worksheet
- Teacher Answer Key
- Interactive Activity
- Vocabulary