This lesson plan is part of the DiscoverySchool.com lesson plan library for grades 6-8. It focuses on the seasonal changes that affect life in a temperate forest ecosystem and how organisms in a temperate forest are dependent on one another for proper nutrition. Students describe the three major types of organisms that live in an ecosystem, three types of consumers, food webs, and food chains. They then create a food web diagram for display in their classrooms. Included are objectives, materials, procedures, discussion questions, evaluation ideas, suggested readings, and vocabulary. There are videos available to order which complement this lesson, and links to teaching tools for making custom quizzes, worksheets, puzzles and lesson plans.

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Subject keyword(s)	Astronomy, coniferous trees, deciduous tress, dormancy, Ecology, Ecology, Forestry and Agriculture, Ecosystems, Food web, Forestry, Geoscience, habitat, Habitat, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, hibernation, Life science, producers, consumers, decomposers, Space Science, Space sciences, temperate, Trophic levels
Grade level	Middle School, Informal Education
Intended audience	Learner
Resource type	Instructional Material
Resource format	text, text/html
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