Who Eats What?

Emily·

Life Science

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SubjectLife Science

Original Prompt

Create a 5 day independent work packet off this 5th grade standard but modified to a 1st grade level for students with autism. Food webs identify relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers.

This learning resource is designed to help students understand the concepts of producers and consumers within ecosystems. The objective is to identify plants as producers that make their own food through photosynthesis, using sunlight, water, and air. Students will engage with various activities, including filling in sentence frames that explore the role of plants in the ecosystem. Additionally, they will learn about herbivores and carnivores and their dietary habits, providing examples of animals that fall into these categories. The resource introduces decomposers as a crucial part of nutrient recycling in nature, highlighting their roles through concrete examples like fungi, worms, and bacteria. Students will participate in matching activities to connect specific organisms to their general roles in ecosystems. Lastly, the document emphasizes the importance of food chains and ecosystems, encouraging students to visualize and articulate these relationships through drawings and reflective exercises.