Food Chains - Year 4

Food Chains - Year 4

This science teaching resource has been designed to introduce pupils to food chains. It is an ideal teaching aid to use in a class covering the year 4 science curriculum objective below:

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

This engaging animated PowerPoint presentation includes:

• What are producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, predators and prey?
• Herbivore and carnivore interactive activity and accompanying worksheet
• Predator and prey interactive activity and accompanying worksheet
• What are food chains?
• Food chain sorting interactive activity and accompanying worksheet
• Food chain quiz and accompanying worksheet
• Create your own food chains activity and accompanying worksheet
• An explanation of how a change in one part of the food chain can change the food chain as a whole
• Mini food chain project and accompanying worksheet
• Further worksheet to check understanding with answers
• Useful links

‘Food Chains’ can be fully edited so that you are able to adapt the resource to suit each class you teach.