English/German ecosystem activity

Food Chain Builder / Nahrungskette-Baukasten

Drag or copy organisms into producer, consumer, decomposer, then build calm classroom food chains.

Quick start / Schnellstart

  1. Review the bilingual vocabulary.
  2. Sort the cards into roles.
  3. Build three chains using arrows.
  4. Discuss what changes if one organism disappears.

Teacher note: This is an educational classroom tool, not an ecological field guide.

Producers / Produzenten

Consumers / Konsumenten

Decomposers / Zersetzer

Printable chain prompts / Druckbare Aufgaben

Meadow / Wiese

grass → rabbit → fox → fungi

Gras → Kaninchen → Fuchs → Pilze

Pond / Teich

algae → tadpole → heron → bacteria

Algen → Kaulquappe → Reiher → Bakterien

Forest / Wald

oak leaf → caterpillar → bird → worms

Eichenblatt → Raupe → Vogel → Würmer

Vocabulary / Wortschatz

producer — Produzentconsumer — Konsumentdecomposer — Zersetzerenergy — Energiehabitat — Lebensraumbalance — Gleichgewicht