The place where a plant or animal lives is called its habitat.

A threat is the possibility that something unwanted or dangerous will happen.

The impact of something is the effect it has.

To protect something is to keep it safe from harm.

Secondary sources are texts, images or objects created using information gathered by others.

Protecting food chains

Science

In this More about food chains unit, pupils learn to identify producers, predator and prey in a food chain. In the Why we group and classify living things unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn that living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences

In the Introduction to food chains unit, pupils learnt to use the idea of a simple food chain to identify and name different sources of food. In this More about food chains unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to construct and interpret a variety of food chains

This unit involves constructing and interpreting food chains and identifying producers, predators, and prey. It focuses on asking questions, gathering and presenting data, recording findings with diagrams and charts, and using scientific evidence to answer questions and support findings.

More about food chains

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Humans should be encouraged to {{}} living things in their habitats.

Some living things face the possibility that something unwanted or dangerous will happen. This is called ...

all other living things in the food chain

What will changing one thing in a food chain affect?

use a non-fiction text about the human body

read a website about how to reduce plastic pollution

What can you do to find information on how to protect food chains in different habitats?

How can humans protect living things in a coastal habitat?

Which of these living things is a producer?

Which of these living things is a consumer?

There may be more ladybirds because they have more food to eat.

There may be fewer ladybirds because they have less food to eat.

There may be more roses because there are fewer aphids to eat them.

There may be fewer roses because there are more aphids to eat them.

If humans use a pesticide to get rid of the aphids, what is the impact on living things within this food chain?

There may be more rabbits because there are fewer foxes to eat them.

There may be fewer rabbits because there are more foxes to eat them.

There may be more grass because there are fewer rabbits to eat it.

There may be less grass because there are more rabbits to eat it.

If humans hunt foxes, what is the impact on living things within this food chain?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Adult supervision required

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Protecting food chains

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.