One page document describing common soil macrofauna.

Discipline
Life Sciences
Grade Level
3-5
PreK-2
Lesson Area
Soil Biology
Lesson Type
Reading
Lesson Keywords
soil critters
Soil Food Web
Earthworm
Organisms
macrofauna
Soil Biology

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
3-5 LS2.A: Interdependent relationships in ecosystems

The food of almost any animal can be traced back to plants. Organisms are related in food webs in which some animals eat plants for food and other animals eat the animals that eat plants, while decomposers restore some materials back to the soil.

PreK-2 LS2.A: Interdependent relationships in ecosystems

Plants depend on water and light to grow, and also depend on animals for pollination or to move their seeds around.