Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Understand what is meant by a food chain.
• Understand that living things need other living things to survive.
• Role play the interdependence of a food chain and consider what part each one plays in its survival.
• Look for examples of food chains in the school grounds (living things eating leaves, for example).
• Record what they discover with a magnifying glass and sketch book.

Activities

1. Understand what is meant by a food chain.
2. Understand that living things need other living things to survive.
3. 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.
Year 1 - Observe parts of food chains in the school grounds.
Year 2 -discuss what would happen in the rest of the food chain.

Vocabulary
Food chain, predator, habitats, dependence