• In this activity, students will cut and paste ecosystem services descriptions into the correct blank spaces on an ecosystem template. 
• The activity includes seven different ecosystem templates.  

Positives

• This activity hands-on and engaging way of getting students to appreciate ecosystems and their services.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students can work in groups or pairs.
• Each group will require printouts of the templates, crayons, scissors, and glue.

Differentiation

• Teachers could make larger printouts of the finished work to display during an open day activity.
• Students could create presentations about the ecosystem they worked on.
• Other resources on this topic include this activity on assessing ecosystem services on school grounds and these games and activities that teach students about the environment. 

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