Food Chains
How energy passes from plants to animals, and what the arrow really means.
What this lesson covers
Food Chains is a 6-part Class 3 Science lesson. Each part makes one point and then hands over to the next, so it can be read in a sitting or picked up again at the part you stopped on. It defines the idea in plain words before using it, works through an example step by step, breaks the topic into its parts and compares them, ends with a recap of what to remember.
How it begins
A food chain shows what eats what. It always starts with a plant, because plants make their own food from sunlight.
The 6 parts
- Plants come first
- Producers and consumers
- What the arrow means
- Break a link
- Food chain champion!
- Watch one worked through
Practise Food Chains
Everything on QuizByt for Class 3 Science that goes with this lesson: read it first, then test yourself while it is fresh.
🧠 7 quizzes on Food Chains (4 easy, 2 medium, 1 hard)
Work up from easy to hard: the hard quiz asks the Class 3 exam-style questions on Food Chains.
🖨️ Printable worksheet
Food Chains on paper for Class 3, with room to write the working out. Preview the first page free.
🎮 Games for Class 3 Science
Memory and reasoning games at the right level for Class 3. Passing a quiz on Food Chains earns the credits that open them.
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