This term in Science, Year Two have been learning all about what different animals eat. They have then used this information to create simple food chains.
First, the children learnt that the arrows on a food chain show the transfer of energy, or who is eaten by who. They discovered that food chains usually start with a plant. This is called a producer because it makes its own food. The animals in a food chain are called consumers because they consume (eat) food to get their energy. The children also found out that animals that get eaten by other animals are known as prey, whereas predators are animals that catch and eat other animals for their food.
The children then looked closely at animals from different habitats. They identified what these animals ate, before using this information to construct a simple food chain for each habitat. The boys and girls then labelled the animals with the key vocabulary – predator, prey, producer and consumer.
