Ecosystems and Biodiversity Science Stations for Third Grade
$13.78
The focus is on NGSS 3-LS2.C and 3-LS4.D and includes concepts such as food chains, food webs, traits of organisms that change due to environmental changes, how animals affect their environment, invasive species, and biomes.
Ecosystems and Biodiversity Science Stations for Third Grade Next Generation Science Standards include 8 different science stations where students can deepen their understanding of how plants and animals live together within an ecosystem. The focus is on NGSS 3-LS2.C and 3-LS4.D and includes concepts such as food chains, food webs, traits of organism change due to environmental changes, how animals affect their environment, invasive species, and biomes.
Stations Include
► Vocabulary Cards in two formats with and without pictures.
► Watch – Students watch a video about the Food Chains and Food Webs and answer questions. Allow students to choose the video or have them do both.
► Play – Students interact with a video game about food chains. There are two different video games. Each video game has its own set of questions and task cards.
► Investigate – Students investigate the changing environment affects the traits of organisms and how it leads to the process of natural selection.
► Diagram – Students diagram how a food chain in an ecosystem and learn how the changes in an environment, both natural and human, affect the food chain.
► Read a Passage – Students read a passage about beavers and learn who beavers can change a forest river ecosystem.
► Model – Students learn about the effects of deforestation and conservation.
► Explore – Students explore a diagram showing food chains in an ecosystem and learn what happens when an invasive species is introduced.
► Sort – Students sort organisms into natural biomes.
Differentiated Responses
Each station includes four different ways to respond to the experience at the station: short answer questions, fill-in-the-blank questions, task cards with short answers, task cards with multiple choice. All the variations are similar to one another. Choose the format that best fits your classroom and students. Students are encouraged to use their science journal, but worksheets are included as well.
Some stations include two or more activity choices and extension activities.
Each station is designed to last about 15-20 minutes. Students may do one a day for 8 days, 2 a day for four days, or any format that works for your classroom. Because there are additional activities for the Watch and Play stations, you can offer those a choice within that station or offer them as an early finisher station, as well.
Meenakshi A. (verified owner) –
Instructions are clear and easy to follow, making it suitable for whole-class lessons, small groups, and independent practice.
Teaching and Beaching (verified owner) –
This is an excellent resource! It was great to use in the classroom!
Michelle K. (verified owner) –
Thank you for this great resource; it was easy to use and kept the students engaged throughout the lesson.
ThrivingwithMinis (verified owner) –
What an amazing resource for learning about biomes, ecosystems and animals! It’s so engaging and complete. Thank you!!
Madeleine J. (verified owner) –
This was a fantastic resource to use with my students! The conversations we were able to have around the different topics and relate them back to what we had been reading about/learning about in class were amazing! The different games and activities were engaging to all of my different learners. This was a great way to teach and support my students as we learned about ecosystems and habitats!
Hannah B. (verified owner) –
Enjoyed this resource! Great fit for my classroom.
melissa M. (verified owner) –
This resource is great! Very helpful to make my students more engaged and my resources more incising.
Elisa G. (verified owner) –
My students enjoyed using this resource. I love the ease of a print and go activity.
Karen Franklin (verified owner) –
OMG!!! You have created the most AMAZING resource for Science!! I just LOVE all the graphic organizers and detailed information about each specific animal! My kids and I have enjoyed learning about each animal. Thank you so very much!!
Christina B. (verified owner) –
My students enjoyed this resource. It helped them practice their science skills, as well as get up and move around the classroom.
Jenna F. (verified owner) –
I recently found your resources as I was looking for additional content to support my science units. I have been extremely satisfied with the plethora of activities. The reading content is perfect for my third graders and they have enjoyed the variety of activities. Thank you so much for taking the time to create this content that aligns so well with the NGSS standards.
Kayla A. (verified owner) –
My students loved using this resource! It is very organized and easy to use in class.
Denise S. (verified owner) –
My students enjoyed this resource and were engaged in the final project!
Natalie G. (verified owner) –
This resource required more teacher support than I would have hoped, as the material is quite dense.
Tammy D. (verified owner) –
This is a very comprehensive resource and highly engaging for students. It can be used in a variety of ways including whole class instruction or a centers approach to the topic.
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Jill Wilson (verified owner) –
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Nicole C. (verified owner) –
Great resources!
Kimberly E. (verified owner) –
Great resource to aid with science concepts
Lindley G. (verified owner) –
These resources are awesome! I love the convenience of having so many different types of activities already put together in one place!
Melissa T. (verified owner) –
I have a few other units from the site and I love all the different ways of interacting with the content to help the kids learn.
Amber B. (verified owner) –
I love these stations! They make learning meaningful and fun. The resources are accurate and my students love them.
Dawn L. (verified owner) –
I am SO glad I found these resources. Easily adaptable for virtual learners, but I also cannot wait to use them next year when I return face-to-face.
Sandra P. (verified owner) –
Thorough and engaging. Very well laid out unit!
Katrina Toft (verified owner) –
This was very good. Did find it was a lot of reading for them and so I did the reading with them as a class first. Then had them work on individually.
Abigail Parkin (verified owner) –
This is a wonderful resource. Very thorough and useful!
Sondra T. (verified owner) –
This was an amazing resource to add to my Ecosystems unit! I love the variety of activities and how there are options for the different games. It was difficult to find resources to teach about changes in habitats, so this was perfect!
Kelsea D. (verified owner) –
Great!
ChristmasSteve (verified owner) –
Great resource! I LOVE your Science Stations and this was easily adaptable for distance learning- The only suggestion I have would be that there are SO many pages at the beginning of each section, it would be great if those were maybe in their own file and didn’t show up in each one.
Gina Sanchez (verified owner) –
Perfect lessons that completely align to NGSS. Perfect lessons for the students just a lot to go through for the teacher
Maddalena F. (verified owner) –
My students were very engaged!
Thomas D. (verified owner) –
Very helpful resource during distance learning!
Jesus G. (verified owner) –
Good resource.
Mary Mary (verified owner) –
Great resource!
Leanne B. (verified owner) –
Very well put together full of information and visually appealing worksheets and activities. Thanks for putting this together!
Rebecca Serrano (verified owner) –
Rigorous bundle!! Such a great resource!
Kristina K. (verified owner) –
My students were engaged and excited to see what the next assignment was for the content.
Isabella S. (verified owner) –
This was great to engage my students in stations!
Mrs Summers Room (verified owner) –
This was great! Thank you!
Nicole W. (verified owner) –
Love the variety of activities! My class enjoyed the food chain game! Thank you for this resource bundle!
Natasha B. (verified owner) –
Great bundle, thanks.
Educator Crossing (verified owner) –
This was a great addition to our unit on beavers and their role in their ecosystem.
Anne K. (verified owner) –
Excellent resource, jammed pack with information. Thanks for putting so much time and effort into this, very helpful!
Helen Jo Morse (verified owner) –
Another awesome science bundle – working on collecting them all!
H C (verified owner) –
Thanks!
Appleseed Education (verified owner) –
This is a great variety of acitivities to use at stations or in other ways.
Teachers Rock Always (verified owner) –
Great product. Students enjoyed it. Thank you.
CreateThenTeach (verified owner) –
Perfect for Science Centers!
Savanna Creech (verified owner) –
Love this! Thank you!