Description

Food Chains Unit

This Food Chains Unit will provide you with lots of fun, hands-on activities for teaching food chains! With everything you need in this unit, you will save lots of time planning and your students will love completing the hands-on activities.

To take a closer look at some of the activities included in this unit, click the preview images at the top of the page.

What will students investigate with these detailed lesson plans?

• The predator and prey relationship
• Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores
• Producers, consumers, and decomposers
• Aquatic and terrestrial food chains

What comes in this Food Chains Unit?

• 5 Detailed lesson plans
• Worksheets
• Entry/exit tickets
• Sorts and foldables
• Research-based activity
• Quiz
• Test
• Lots of engaging, hands-on activities and experiments
• 2 Sets of Word Wall Cards: One set of word wall cards with pictures and another set with only the term on each card.
• 1 Timeline of Suggested Activities: Provides a timeline for using the activities and experiments included within this set and provides links to websites featuring videos of concepts being taught.
• Answer keys

What key terms are used throughout the unit?

• Predator
• Prey
• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Omnivore
• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer
• Food Chain

Are digital resources included?

Some worksheets, the quiz, and the test within this Food Chains Unit are also included in a digital format and can be shared with students using your Google Drive.

When you purchase this product, you will be given access to a link that will allow you to open the file in Google Slides. You’ll then share that file with your students. The slides can be printed and adapted for students who prefer to answer the questions by hand. You can also view and print a student’s completed version of the slides.

What standards are covered?

This Food Chains Unit closely aligns with most science standards related to teaching food chains. The unit is also aligned with the 2010 Virginia science SOLs (SOL 3.5).

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Don’t Miss Out!

This Food Chains Unit is perfect if you are low on planning time or have no idea where to begin! Students will also have fun learning the information as they complete all of the activities!

 

More science resources:

• Food Chains Task Cards

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Other Information:

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