- Year 4
Presenting food chains
I can present food chains in different ways.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- We can compare the producers and consumers, including predators and prey, in different food chains.
- A predator is not always larger in size when compared to its prey.
- Most food chains are presented with an arrow in between each living thing to represent ‘is food for’.
- A food chain can be presented in different ways, including using writing, pictures, or both.
Keywords
Food chain - Food chains show how living things depend on each other for food.
Predators - Predators are animals that hunt, kill and eat other animals.
Prey - An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal is called prey.
Consumers - Consumers in a food chain are animals that eat other animals or plants.
Present - To present information is to show or share it with others.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that a predator can always be identified by its size and ferocity in comparison to its prey.
This lesson gives examples of some predators that are smaller in size than their prey.
Equipment
Access to non-fiction books and the internet as secondary sources of information on what animals eat.
Content guidance
- Exploration of objects
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these statements are true about producers in a food chain?
Q2.True or false? A bird is a producer in a food chain.
Q3.Jacob creates a food chain including a fish as a predator. Why can a fish be a predator?
Q4.Which food chain represents this information: toads eat water snails, water snails eat algae.
Q5.Izzy creates a food chain: cabbage leaves -> caterpillar -> bird -> cat. How many predators are in this food chain?
Q6.Sam creates a food chain: seaweed -> starfish -> crab -> octopus. Which living things are prey in this food chain?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What are we doing when we look for the similarities and differences between living things?
Q2.True or false? A predator is always bigger in size when compared to its prey.
Q3.The arrows in a food chain represents ...
Q4.Where should we draw the arrows in a food chain?
Q5.Which of these statements are true about presenting food chains?
Q6.Lucas has presented his food chain below. Match the living things with the correct roles in Lucas' food chain.
