🔬 Science · Ecosystems & Habitats
Simple Food Chains
Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify different sources of food
Typical age: 6–7 years
“Can your child draw a food chain showing how a caterpillar eats a leaf and then a bird eats the caterpillar?”
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Needs first
- Herbivores, Carnivores & OmnivoresREQUIRED
Must know carnivore/herbivore/omnivore to understand food chains
- Habitats & Basic NeedsREQUIRED
Must know about habitats and interdependence before learning food chains
- Ocean Food Chains
Ocean food chain parallels curriculum simple food chain concept
- Minibeasts in the food chain
Garden minibeast food chains provide concrete examples for curriculum simple-food-chains
- Rainforest Animals
Rainforest animals provide rich examples for simple food chains (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)