Make your own food web, and analyze feeding relationships between ancient marine organisms.

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7th Grade Next Generation Science standards for California Public Schools:

Life Sciences MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

MS-LS1-6 – Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.

MS-LS2.A – Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

MS-LS2.B – Cycling of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

MS-LS2.C – Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience