Food chains Lots of wild activities about food chains in the animal kingdom.
National Curriculum links to Science and Geography
Please note this booklet contains activities for a mix of ages and primary school years What is a food chain? A food chain is how plants and animals get their energy.
A food chain always starts with a producer. A producer is something that makes it's own food like green plants as they use photosynthesis. The living things that eat producers and other animals are called consumers. A predator is an animal that eats other animals. The animals that are eaten are called prey. Predators are at the top of a food chain. Wild Wordsearch
Producer Carnivore Predator Omnivore Herbivore Energy Consumer Food Chain Decomposer Prey
Producer or consumer Sort the living things on the page below into the correct column in the table Producers Consumers Lion Hazelnut Oak tree Bumblebee Blackbird Cow Algae Squirrel Rabbit Giraffe Zebra Otter Daisy Prawn Owl Blackberry Vole Fox Tadpole Predator or prey Sort the living things on the page below into the correct column in the table. Some animals might be on both lists. Predator Prey Lion Fox Blackbird Caterpillar Worm Otter Rabbit Prawn Zebra Antelope Owl Leopard Vole Frog Tadpole Fly Orca Snake Robin Slug Build a food chain Draw animals in a food chain. The arrows show the flow of energy in the chain.
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Producer Can you think of another one with four living things? Label the boxes too! Food chain board game Instructions
You will need: - A dice - Small household objects or make your own counters - The board on the page below
- You can play with 2 or more players. - Take it in turns to roll the dice. - Try and get through the food chain to safety. - The first person to get through is the winner.
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p o h i n m y u o T o t o b m M o r s f Y Dinner time Pick your favourite animal and draw it's perfect dinner. Think about what it might eat in the wild.
You can do this activity for more than one animal. We would love to see your work. Tag us on social media. Answers and extra activities
Producer or consumer Predator or prey
Lion Blackbird Hazelnut Lion Tadpole Fox Caterpillar Blackbird Bumblebee Oak tree Otter Prawn Algae Rabbit Cow Leopard Antelope Daisy Zebra Squirrel Frog Frog Fly Blackberry Owl Giraffe Blackbird Snake Vole Otter Snake Slug Prawn Fox Owl Worm Orca Zebra Robin Extra activity ideas Rabbit Vole - Go one step further and try and draw some food webs. Tadpole - Use paper cups to decorate and make your own stackable Robin food chains. - Make a paper chain and draw different animals in a food chain on each strip before you put it together. - Think about these different places and the food chains or webs you might find there: desert, woodland, rainforest, tundra, forest floor, savannah, ocean and your garden. - Can you think of a food chain that includes humans? - When you see wildlife out on a walk or in your garden think about what else might be in their food chain.