How animals get food
I can describe how animals get the food they need to stay alive
How animals get food
I can describe how animals get the food they need to stay alive
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Key learning points
- Animals need food in order to stay alive
- Different animals eat different types of food and they get this in different ways.
- Animals use their senses to find food in different ways.
- Some animals hunt or find food around them, some animals are fed by humans.
- Scientists search for answers by looking for information in places like books or the internet. This is called research.
Keywords
Animals - Animals are living things that move and eat other animals or plants to stay alive.
Food - Food gives living things energy and helps them to stay healthy.
Hunt - To hunt is to to chase and try to catch and kill an animal for food.
Graze - When animals graze, they feed on plants around them such as growing grass.
Research - To research something is to find out about it or investigate it carefully.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that all animals eat the same food, and also have food provided by humans.
Visuals to show lots of examples of different animals eating different food, and getting it in different ways.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
can live in water or on land.
breathe through their gills.
have wings and feathers.
are cold-blooded and are covered in scales or hard parts.
Exit quiz
6 Questions
finding and killing an animal to eat
eating grasses and other plants around them
eating food given to them
grass, leaves and shoots of plants, berries
fish and other small animals
seeds and worms