Food Chain
All living things depend on each other to survive, a food chain shows how energy moves from organism to organism. When food chains overlap or link with each other they are called food webs, these provide the basic building blocks used to understanding ecological systems and can be used to help predict the effects of changes the environment.
Interesting Facts
The shape of a mammals teeth can help you predict what kind of food they eat. Wide flat molar teeth are used for chewing plant material, whilst sharp pointed incisor teeth are used for ripping meat.
Activity: Find the food chain
This easy to set up game can be played indoors or outdoors and can be used to encourage discussion about how food chains are formed and how they interlink.
Activity: Predator versus prey
This high energy game demonstrates how important a habitat niche is to a prey species in helping them survive predation.
Activity: Make a food chain
A classroom activity that allows pupils to put their food chain knowledge into action.
