What is a Food Chain?

By the end of this unit, students will be able to:

• explore food chains
• identify the producer, consumers, prey and predators in a range of different food chains.
• identify plants as producers as they get their energy from the Sun
• identify animals as consumers as they get their energy by “consuming” or eating other things.

Curriculum Alignment: Year 4 Science: Animals, including humans

• construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey.