Food Chains — Interactive Lesson (Year 2)

What eats what in a simple food chain? This 24-slide interactive lesson, with an accompanying video, introduces food chains, building on what pupils already know about habitats.

Learning About Food Chains in Year 2 Science

Pupils build on their understanding of habitat, identify and name different sources of food, and explore a simple food chain for the first time, using their knowledge of carnivores and herbivores. Picture-based questions work through several sources of food before introducing what a food chain actually is, and image-choice activities build simple food chains involving familiar animals such as cats, rabbits and foxes.

What’s Included

• 24-slide interactive lesson on food chains, with a supporting video
• Learning objectives on sources of food and simple food chains
• Links back to habitat and carnivore/herbivore knowledge
• Image-based food chain building activities
• Fill-in-the-blank questions with instant feedback

Key Benefits for Students

• Introduces food chains through familiar animals
• Links new learning back to habitats and animal diets
• The video adds a visual introduction to the topic
• Instant feedback on answer questions

Why Teachers Love It

• No prep — ready for whole-class teaching on an interactive whiteboard
• A structured lesson that can be split across sessions
• Self-marking questions support independent practice
• Suits small groups and whole-class sessions
• A dependable link between earlier animal-diet lessons and food chains

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A dependable addition to a Year 2 science topic, giving pupils a first, gentle introduction to food chains that builds naturally on earlier lessons about animal diets and habitats. This is the foundation for more detailed food web work later in KS2.

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FAQs

What year group is this for?
Year 2 (ages 6–7), KS1.

Does it include a video?
Yes — a supporting video introduces the topic.

Is it self-marking?
Yes, with instant feedback on the questions.