Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Understand what is meant by a food chain.
• Understand that living things need other living things to survive.
• Explore the school grounds, looking for examples of food chains (living things eating leaves, for example).
• Create their own food chains

Activities

1. Explore the school grounds, looking for examples of food chains (living things eating leaves, for example)
2. Understand what is meant by a food chain and that living things need other living things to survive

Investigation - living things eating leaves, for example
Explore the school grounds, looking for examples of food chains.
Year 1 – Make simple local food chain.
Year 2 –challenge them to create food chains found in other places.

Vocabulary
Food chain, predator, habitats, dependence