This Ecosystems unit is jam packed with differentiated materials to teach hard concepts such as ecosystems, organism, population, community, aquatic ecosystems, terrestrial ecosystems, interdependency, producer, consumer, decomposer, food chain, omnivore, herbivore, carnivore, predator, and prey.

This pack is aligned with 3rd grade Virginia SOLs and contains a suggested unit guide. However, it can be used by anyone and you do not have to follow the unit guide.

This resource now includes a Boom deck! The Boom deck includes digital versions of the 2 adapted books and 3 picture sorts. Click here for a preview of the Boom deck. You must create an account with Boom Learning to access the digital task cards. See more about Boom Learning below.

VA SOL 3.5-The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains.

VA SOL 3.6- The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems support a diversity of plants and animals that share limited resources.

VA SOL 3.10- The student will investigate and understand that natural events and human influences can affect the survival of species.

This unit is differentiated for students with special needs including non-writers. The concepts are broken down simply so that they are easy to understand.

What’s Included?

suggested unit guide

digital task cards on Boom Learning

16 visual vocabulary cards

4 adapted books (what is an ecosystem? aquatic ecosystems, terrestrial ecosystems, food chains)

task cards (aquatic ecosystems, terrestrial ecosystems, predator/prey)

1 picture sort (living/nonliving things)

differentiated worksheets and activities to teach and review concepts

vocabulary review pages

differentiated assessment pages

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