Hello, my name is Mrs. Mehrin Rin, and I'm really looking forward to learning all about consumers in a food chain with you.

Welcome to today's lesson from the unit More About Food Chains.

Your learning outcome is, I can identify and name consumers in different food chains.

Now I know that learning can sometimes be a little bit challenging, but that's okay, because it just means that we are going to work really hard together and we are going to learn lots of fabulous new things.

Let's begin.

So here are your keywords for today's lesson, and alongside these keywords you have the definitions as well.

Now, I am going to be referring to these throughout today's lesson, so you don't need to jot these down.

However, if you find it helpful to have them written down next to you, that's okay.

You can pause the video here and you can have a go at doing that.

Off you go.

Fabulous, well done.

So let's begin with the first part of our learning today, animals in a food chain.

Now Jacob has been learning about food chains.

And I want you to explain to a partner what you think a food chain is.

I'll give you five seconds to do that now, but if you need longer, you can pause the video and then you can come back once you have done that.

Off you go.

Fantastic, well done.

So Jacob says, "A food chain shows how living things depend on each other for food." Now, Jacob created a food chain, and it shows how some living things depend on each other for food in the ocean.

So for example, a crab depends on seaweed, an octopus depends on the crab, and the shark depends on the octopus.

Now what do you think the arrows in a food chain represent? I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer.

Off you go.

Fantastic, well done.

So the arrows in a food chain represent the words is food for, so the seaweed is food for the crab, the crab is food for the octopus, and the octopus is food for the shark.

Now, which animal in the ocean could a shark be food for? I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer.

Off you go.

Fabulous, well done.

So killer whales or orcas are one of the most skilled and powerful animals in the entire ocean, and sometimes they eat sharks.

And Jacob says, "I will add orca to the end of my food chain, because a shark is food for these animals." So true or false, a food chain shows how living things depend on humans to supply the food they need? Is that true or false? I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer.

Off you go.

Fabulous, well done, the answer is false.

The food chain does not show how living things depend on humans to supply the food they need.

So let's see if you can justify your answer.

So you do think it's A, a food chain shows how living things depend on each other for food? Or B, a food chain shows living things in order of how important they are? Again, I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer.

Off you go.

Fantastic, well done.

The answer is A, a food chain shows how living things depend on each other for food.

Now, who do you agree with that? Sam says, "The arrow in a food chain represents eats." And John says, "The arrows in a food chain represent is food for." Who do you agree with? I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer.

Off you go.

So the correct answer is John.

So now Jacob thinks about the food chain he's created here.

And Jacob says, "A food chain begins with a plant.

This is the producer in the food chain, because plants produce their own food.

Now what are the animals in a food chain called?" I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer.

Off you go.

Fantastic, well done.

So let's have a look at this answer then.

So Jacob's friends talk about animals in a food chain.

And Sam says, "Animals do not make their own food, they need to hunt, or find plants, or other animals to eat so that they can survive." And John says, "The word consume means to eat or drink.

And animals in a food chain are called consumers, because they consume or they eat other living things." Jacob says, "Wow, I didn't know that animals in a food chain are called consumers." So a food chain starts with a producer, a plant, because it produces its own food, and then is followed by different consumers in the chain.

So here we have the producer, which is the seaweed, and then after the producer are what we call consumers, because they eat living things.

They consume living things to survive.

Now let's do a quick check-in of your learning.

And it says, which statements about animals in a food chain are correct? A, animals in a food chain do not make their own food? B, animals in a food chain make their own food? C, animals in a food chain only eat plants? Or D, animals in a food chain need to hunt or find food? So remember, there might be more than one correct answer here, and I'll give you five seconds to think about which ones are the correct answers.

Off you go.

Fabulous, well done.

It's A and D.

Now, animals in a food chain are called what? A, creators? B, consumers? C, conductors? Or D, producers? Again, I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer.

Off you go.

Fantastic, well done.

The answer is consumers, well done.

Now here is task A.

It says, these dandelion leaves are the producers in a food chain.

And I want you to draw a food chain with dandelion leaves being the producer.

Now I want you to remember to include arrows and label the producer and the consumers in the food chain.

So I'd like you to pause the video here and have a go at doing this activity.

Off you go.

Fabulous, well done.

So your food chain may be similar or slightly different to this one.

So here we've got the dandelion leaves and we've got a caterpillar who eats the dandelion leaves.

So the dandelion leaves is food for the caterpillar.

And the caterpillar is food for the sparrow.

And the sparrow is food for the cat.

Now in my food chain, the dandelion leaves are the producers, the caterpillar, the sparrow, and the cats are the consumers, because they consume other living things, they cannot produce their own food like a plant can.

Now we are on to the second part of our learning today.

So well done, you are working really, really hard.

And the second part of our learning is more about consumers.

So Jacob thinks about consumers in a food chain and he says, "I think the first consumer in a food chain is always a herbivore." Now, do you agree with Jacob? So think really carefully about what a herbivore is.

So remember, a herbivore is a living thing that eats plants only to survive.

So Jacob thinks that the first consumer in a food chain is always herbivore.

Do you agree with Jacob and why? I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer.

Off you go.

Fabulous, well done.

So the first consumers in a food chain are also called a primary consumer primary.

And these animals are often herbivores, because they feed directly on the producers in food chains, which are the plants.

However, some primary consumers, so those that are the first consumer in a food chain, depend on food from animals as well as plants, and so they can also be omnivores.

So although primary consumers usually are herbivores, you can get some omnivores as well.

Now both of these food chains begin with wheat, but what do you notice about the first consumer in each chain? So let's have a look.

So in this one we've got wheat, a rabbit, and a fox.

And in the second one we've got wheat, a mouse, and an owl.

So I'll give you five seconds to think about this question.

What do you notice about the first consumer in each of these chains? Okay, I'll give you five seconds.

Off you go.

Fantastic, well done.

So the first consumer in this food chain is a rabbit.

And a rabbit is a herbivore, so rabbits depend on food from plants such as wheat and other grasses in order to survive.

But the first consumer in this food chain is a mouse, and a mouse is an omnivore, because mice depend on food from plants as well as animals, including small invertebrates such as insects to survive.

Now let's do a quick check-in of your learning.

And it says, the first consumer in a food chain can be A, a herbivore? B, a carnivore? Or C, an omnivore? I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer.

Off you go.

Fabulous, well done.

The answers are A and C.

Now they can't be a carnivore, because carnivores do not rely on plants to survive.

A carnivore only eats meat.

So because the first consumer is reliant on the producer, which is a plant, it cannot be B, which is carnivore.

Now Sam thinks about consumers in a food chain and she says, "I think the consumers in a food chain are organised in order of how important they are." Now, do you agree with Sam and why? I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer.

Off you go.

Fabulous, well done.

Now Jacob reminds Sam, and he says, "Remember, a food chain shows how living things depend on each other for food.

So consumers are not arranged in order of importance, because they all depend on each other for survival." Now, true or false, a human is more important than a chicken in a food chain? Is that true or false? I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer.

Off you go.

Fantastic, well done.

The answer is false.

Now let's see if you can justify your answer.

Is it because A, all consumers in a food chain are just as important as each other? Or B, a chicken is more important than a human, because a human needs food to survive? I'll give you five seconds to think about your answer.

Off you go.

Fabulous, well done, the answer is A, because all consumers in a food chain are just as important as each other.

Now here is your second task for today, and it says, what are the consumers in this food chain? So I want you to have a really good go at this.

So think about what the consumers are in this food chain.

Think about what the word consume means, and that's going to give you a really big hint as to which ones are the consumers.

And then I want you to add two more consumers to the end of this food chain.

So I'd like you to pause the video here and have a go at doing this activity.

Off you go.

Fabulous, well done.

So another two consumers in the food chain.

So in this version you've got a sea snail and starfish, which were the consumers.

And then I asked you to add two more.

So you may have added, for example, a seagull or a hawk.

Now you might have chosen other ones as well.

So don't worry if you haven't got a seagull and a hawk, you might have had others instead.

Now we are onto the summary of our learning.

So the arrows in a food chain represent is food for.

So for example, seaweed is food for a crab.

So the arrow would be pointing away from the seaweed and to the crab.

Animals do not make their own food, they need to hunt or find plants or other animals to survive.

Animals are called consumers in a food chain, because they eat plants or other animals.

The first consumer in a food chain, primary consumer, can be a herbivore or an omnivore.

Usually they are herbivores, but they can also be omnivores.

And consumers are not arranged in order of importance.

Rather, they all depend on each other for food to survive.

Now you have worked really hard today.

I'm so proud of the fantastic work that you have done on food chains, and I'm really pleased with all of that critical thinking.

So, well done.