Lesson Planning
Teaching
- To understand how a food chain shows that living things need other living things to survive
- To look for examples of food chains
- To make accurate records for what is discovered when exploring outside
- To create examples of correctly ordered food chains
- To classify living things as carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
Activities
- Understand what is meant by a food chain.
- Understand that living things need other living things to survive.
- Observe parts of food chains in the school grounds and discuss what would happen in the rest of the food chain.
Investigation - exploring
Role play the interdependence of a food chain and consider what part each plays in its survival.
Explore the school grounds, looking for examples of food chains (living things eating leaves, for example).
Vocabulary
food chain, predator, habitats, dependence, omnivore, herbivore, carnivore