Introduction
Did you know that everyone in this world are connected together? NO!? Well, now you do! Everyone in this world is connected together, because we all depend on one another. The plants depend on the sun, and the animals depend on the plants and other animals; and we depend on the sun, the plants and the animals.
Task
We will be learning about the food chain, and as we are learning about the food chain, pay close attention to the questions that will better help you understand the food chain.
- What is a food chain?
- What is a producer and a consumer?
- What are some examples of a producer? Consumer?
- What is a predator? What is a prey? What are some examples of a predator? Prey?
- What are decomposers?
Process
You will get into groups of 3 or 4, and find out information about the food chain.
The following links at the bottom will help you understand more about the food pyramid along with definitions.
I would need you to take notes, define the following terms and relate how it is understood in the food chain.
- Producer
- Consumer
- Habitats
- Specie
- Organisms
- Traces
- Variety
- Adapt
- Behavior
- Prey
- Predator
- Omnivore
- Carnivore
- Herbivore
- http://sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodch…
- http://www.softschools.com/examples/science/food_chains_examples/14/
Evaluation
Print and do the following worksheet, to see what you have understood and learned about the food chain. Along with taking a short quiz.
https://www.scribd.com/document/10042311/3rd-Grade-Food-Chain-Worksheet
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0070947864/student_view0/chapter2…
Good Luck!!!!
Conclusion
Good job students!!!! You all did a good job! Now you know what a food chain is and most importantly how everything is connected in this world. You can now distinguish between a predator and prey. Not even that, you know the food chain and the order of a food chain! Keep up the good work!
