Our Learning: Food Chains

This term we have been learning about belonging. We know that animals belong in different groups, you can classify animals by their "type", such as mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish.

We discovered that habitats provide animals with all of the things that they need to survive. Within a habitat we discovered that food chains exist. 

We used this StudyJam video to help us understand what a food chain was... it was new learning for some of us! 

A food chain is the relationship that exists between different animals, it shows how animals are connected through what they eat. 

In this food chain the snake is the third level consumer and he is a carnivore (he only eats meat). The lizard is the secondary consumer. The locust is the primary or first consumer, he is a herbivore (only eat plants). In this food chain the maize is the producer, these are plants that produce their own food from the soil and the sun. 

Check out some of our work around food chains! 

 

We looked at a garden habitat and classified or sorted the animals within this habitat, into their different roles. 

A decomposer is an animal that breaks down rotten plants and animals, so that their nutrients can be put back into the soil.

 

Then we selected our own habitats and explored the animals that live within these habitats. It took a lot of research, but we were able to create our own food chain on Google Docs. This website was SO helpful!