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A forest sort of sixteen ecosystem parts for 5th grade science. Students read cards such as oak tree, granite rock, bacteria in soil, rotting log and dandelion seed, then write each one under living things or the nonliving environment. Two questions follow. One asks which card was hardest to place and why. The other asks for one more living and one more nonliving part, and how that nonliving part moves matter to the living thing. The 4 pages tie to NGSS 5-LS2-1. The key splits the cards eight and eight, with a teacher note on the rotting log, fallen leaves and seed.
