This week in 6th grade science your children have been hard at work creating a food web based on a specific ecosystem of their choice. Students were required to figure out what types of organisms lived in their ecosystem and research what they consumed or if they produced their own food. They then had to show how all the organisms were connected by showing which way the energy was flowing from organism to organism.  Students dove deep into understanding the terms consumer, producer, predator, prey, decomposer, herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore as they had to describe each organism on their food web as one or more of these terms. I was so impressed with how students worked together while completing this project. I heard things like, “Hey, what do you think of this idea?, “Wow, I love how you drew that!” and “Great idea! I agree!” Students showed so much empathy and kindness to each other while working in their groups and because of that every group’s poster turned out beautifully. In the next week or so (depending on when our shipment arrives) students will be dissecting two different types of organisms to analyze how an animal’s structure contributes to its ability to obtain food and reproduce. I can’t wait!