Eight blank lines on a woodland food web make up this 3-page 5th grade worksheet. The arrows show matter moving between plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment, as NGSS 5-LS2-1 describes. Students write each organism and its role on the line that points to it, using a word bank that runs from Oak Tree (Producer) to Soil (Nutrients). The answer key lists all eight labels, A to H.
5-LS2-1
“Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.”
All eight labels, and lines G and H in particular, where the web ends with the mushrooms and the soil.
Students label lines A to H on the food web, naming both the organism and its role.
Eight entries, each with its role in brackets: Mushrooms, Fox, Grasses, Soil, Hawk, Deer, Oak Tree, and Rabbit. Two producers, four consumers, one decomposer, and the soil make up the web.
After the three roles
Use it once students know producers, consumers, and decomposers. The soil label pushes them to see the environment as part of the web.
Arrow talk
Ask students what travels along each arrow. The instructions say matter, so push for answers that go beyond who eats whom.
Short task
Eight labels take about ten minutes, which suits the end of a lesson or a substitute plan.
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