food chain

What is a Food Chain?

Dive into the world of food chains! 🌱🐅 Learn to spot producers, consumers, predators, and prey. Discover how plants harness the Sun’s energy and how animals rely on eating to survive. Perfect for curious minds ready to explore nature’s energy flow!

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Lesson Overview

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.

    Last updated on: February 17, 2026

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