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These energy transfer stations are perfect for middle school science! Do you need differentiated matter cycling, food chains and food webs stations activities for your ecology unit? Perfect for a middle school Life science class. This resource will help you reach and assess your students in a multitude of ways. This resource includes 7 stations with minimal prep involved. There is a printable version, editable PowerPoint version and a Digital Google Slides™ version that will help you save on time and paper!
The 7 types of Heredity and Inheritance Stations Activities include:
1. Discover – Students will research real-world application of matter and energy transfer/cycling in ecosystems
2. Observe – Students will observe decomposition in banana peels and bread molds.
3. Experiment – Students will explore how removal of species impacts entire ecosystem food webs.
4. Write – Students will explain their answers to questions in 2-3 sentences.
5. Create – Students will draw their own example of a food web before and after species removal.
6. Sort – Students will sort out a food web to show who eats who in an ecosystem.
7. Quiz – Students will answer a mix of 8 true/false, multiple choice and short answer questions.
*Each station should take students between 8-10 minutes to complete.*
This resource includes:
- Digital Google Slides™ link to perform stations online.
- Printable version of stations in color and black/white
- Editable PowerPoint version of stations.
Content covered:
⭐ Producers
⭐ Decomposers
⭐ Consumers
⭐ Food web
⭐ Energy Pyramid
⭐ Food chain
⭐ 10% Rule
⭐ Carbon Cycle
*Please note that the instructions for stations are editable but clip art, special fonts and formatting are not.*
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