You Will Need
Additional Resources
- Magnifying glasses
- Clipboards
- Sketch books
- Cameras
- Square blank cards
- Laminator
- Hole punch
- String
Weblinks
Animated food chain game from www.bbc.co.uk
BBC Bitesize Food chains from www.bbc.co.uk
Food chain game
Science Year 2
This unit is part of
Year 2 Science Gardens and Allotments
Objectives
Think about some simple food chains and make a food chain using laminated cards and string. Challenge each other to string them up in the right order.
Science Objectives
i) Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other.
ii) Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats.
iii) Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food.
Working Scientifically
- Ask simple questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways.
- Observe closely, using simple equipment.
- Perform simple tests.
- Identify and classify.
- Use their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions.
- Gather and record data to help answer questions.
Lesson Planning
Teaching
- To understand how a food chain shows that living things need other living things to survive.
- To create examples of correctly ordered food chains.
- To classify living things as carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
Activities
- Explore the school grounds, looking for examples of food chains (living things eating leaves, for example).
- Understand what is meant by a food chain and that living things need other living things to survive.
- Make a food chain using laminated cards and string. Challenge each other to string them up in the right order.
Investigation - exploring, researching and analysing secondary sources
Make a food chain game using cups with photographs attached. Challenge another class to complete the food chains.
Vocabulary
habitats, food chain, energy, transfer, predators, omnivore, herbivore, carnivore