Food chains show how living things depend on each other for food.

Predators are animals that hunt, kill and eat other animals.

An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal is called prey.

Consumers in a food chain are animals that eat other animals or plants.

To present information is to show or share it with others.

Presenting food chains

Science

Simple food chains

Producers in a food chain

Consumers in a food chain

Predators and prey in a food chain

Creating food chains

Comparing different food chains

Changes in food chains (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)

Dangers to food chains (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)

Protecting food chains (Climate Change & Sustainability)

In this More about food chains unit, pupils learn to identify producers, predator and prey in a food chain. In the Why we group and classify living things unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn that living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences

In the Introduction to food chains unit, pupils learnt to use the idea of a simple food chain to identify and name different sources of food. In this More about food chains unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to construct and interpret a variety of food chains

This unit involves constructing and interpreting food chains and identifying producers, predators, and prey. It focuses on asking questions, gathering and presenting data, recording findings with diagrams and charts, and using scientific evidence to answer questions and support findings.

More about food chains

Physical activity and equipment requiring safe use

What are we doing when we look for the similarities and differences between living things?

True or false? A predator is always bigger in size when compared to its prey.

The arrows in a food chain represents ...

Where should we draw the arrows in a food chain?

A food chain must only be presented using pictures.

A food chain must only be presented using writing.

A food chain can be presented using pictures and/or writing.

Which of these statements are true about presenting food chains?

Lucas has presented his food chain below. Match the living things with the correct roles in Lucas' food chain.

Producers are at the top of a food chain.

Producers catch their food from the water.

Producers use sunlight to make their own food.

Producers are plants that eat other plants.

Which of these statements are true about producers in a food chain?

True or false? A bird is a producer in a food chain.

Jacob creates a food chain including a fish as a predator. Why can a fish be a predator?

toad -> water snail -> water snail - > algae

Which food chain represents this information: toads eat water snails, water snails eat algae.

Izzy creates a food chain: cabbage leaves -> caterpillar -> bird -> cat. How many predators are in this food chain?

Sam creates a food chain: seaweed -> starfish -> crab -> octopus. Which living things are prey in this food chain?

Presenting food chains

Lesson outcome

Content guidance