Science·Rainforests·conceptual
Rainforest Food Webs
Understand how energy and nutrients flow through a rainforest food web — from plants (producers) to herbivores (primary consumers) to predators (secondary consumers) — and that decomposers like fungi and insects break down dead material on the forest floor, recycling nutrients back into the soil for plants to use again
Suggested ages 7–9
Evidence of understanding
- Construct a simple rainforest food chain with at least three levels: producer → herbivore → predator
- Explain the role of decomposers in breaking down dead material and returning nutrients to the soil
- Use the terms producer, consumer, and decomposer correctly
Assessment prompt
Can Rainforest Food Webs explain a rainforest food chain — like how a fruit tree feeds a monkey, the monkey might be hunted by a jaguar, and when things die, tiny organisms break them down to feed the trees again?
Standards alignment
No external standards are linked to this topic.