The difference between food chains and food webs is explained.

A video workshop examining how the Sun provides energy for all living things beginning with the process of photosynthesis. Presents current scientific thinking about energy transfer through the food chain as well as ways to deal with...

Omnivores, herbivores and carnivores are waiting for you. The food chain comes to life at this friendly site.

Learn how energy is passed along through living things in a food chain and web.

Learn how scientists classify different types of organisms in an ecosystem or in a food chain by their role and function as either a producer, a consumer, or a decomposer. Then play a game that tests your understanding of these important...

Investigate the interdependence of wildlife in the Yellowstone ecosystem and draw an ecosystem showing the interdependence of life forms.

This activity allows students to make a simple model food chain and observe how toxic chemicals can become concentrated in the bodies of consumers at the top of the chain.

Create the parameters of your own ecosystem by choosing which producers and consumers live there. Visualize how the food web operates and species populations change. This simulator mimics the food web within a typical ecosystem and gives...

In this lesson, students will choose an organism of their choice and research its life cycle, food chain, diet, and habitat, then predict how habitat change might affect the organisms living within it.

Read about the different predators, consumers, and producers that make up an ocean food chain.

A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on food chains that explains how energy flows through the chain, beginning with plants.

Learn how energy is transferred through the food chain.

Understand how the food chain works within ecosystems.

Take an interactive quiz over food chains. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.

Brush up on food chain vocabulary before taking this interactive quiz. Check the box for the correct answers throughout the assessment.

Young scholars begin this lesson by making observations and recording evidence of the variety of living things in local nature site. Students use reference materials to research predators and food of the animals they observed, then...

Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 5-PS3-1: food energy from the sun.

Kids learn about the food chain and food web. How energy cycles and transfers through living organisms.

The Web of Life is a story told by a common garden spider at this site from Kids' Planet. Learn about the food web, and the roles and relationships of every living creature.

Students learn about energy and nutrient flow in various biosphere climates and environments. They learn about herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, food chains and food webs, seeing the interdependence between producers, consumers and...

Describes how a food chain works in a desert and how the Mojave desert food chain works in particular.

Describes the characteristics of a tundra biome, how a tundra food chain compares to a tropical food chain, and what the different trophic levels look like.

Explains what a primary consumer's role in a food chain is and provides examples.

Fun, interactive game that helps students identify interrelationships in an ecosystem. For six or more players.