Simple Food Chains
Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify different sources of food
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Simple Food Chains means showing how animals get food from plants and other animals in a chain—plant to plant-eater to meat-eater—and naming food sources. We will build one chain, read it aloud, then check a fresh link.
Spend about 12 minutes building and reading one simple food chain, then checking a new food source.
Build a simple food chain and interpret its arrows.
Build a simple food chain and interpret its arrows.
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Read simple food chains and name food sources.
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Plants and Animals
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Check understanding
- Draw a simple food chain with at least three organisms using arrows to show energy flow
- Explain that food chains always start with a plant (producer) that makes its own food
- Use the terms 'producer' and 'consumer' correctly when describing a food chain
“Can your child draw a food chain showing how a caterpillar eats a leaf and then a bird eats the caterpillar?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Ecosystems & Habitats
- Age range
- Ages 6–7
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