Students explore food chains using animal and plant images from the Pics4Learning site.

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2nd - 5th

Students examine classifications of animals and their place in the food chain. They discuss key vocabulary words, simulate a food chain pyramid, create a paper food chain, conduct a photosynthesis experiment, and create a class mural.

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1st

Students study food chains, producers, consumers, and decomposers. They play a food chain game and create food chain mobiles or posters. They take a nature hike around the school and observe various parts of a food chain.

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4th

Students explore the interdependency of tropical forests. They explore the importance of conserving biodiversity and tropical food chains. Students create a tropical forest food chain and identify species that live in the Caribbean National Forest.

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2nd - 6th

Students explore the food relationships in an ecosystem. They play a game that models dynamics of a simple food chain. in addition, they improve the model by making their own rules that better account for how food chains work.Templates for game pieces included.

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5th - 9th