Interactions within ecosystems – Lab Station Activity

Interactions within Ecosystems – Lab Station Activity This science lab station activity enables students to explore biotic and abiotic factors that interact within an ecosystem. Learners will investigate concepts like symbiosis, limiting factors, exponential population growth, and predator-prey dynamics. The engaging lab stations feature creative hands-on tasks, research questions, opinion writing, applicability readings, knowledge checks, and video analysis. Students use a passport worksheet to record answers as they rotate through the self-guided stations at their own pace. This content can be used for in-class ecosystem labs or as a review before exams. Two bonus vocabulary building activities are also included to engage students. This activity covers core ecology standards and requires almost no teacher prep. Simply print and distribute the cards. An answer key is provided for applicable stations.