Summary
A day at the beach turns into a lesson on who eats whom. The class follows energy through a food chain, from tiny plankton up to the big fish.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
A day at the beach turns into a lesson on who eats whom.
- Where does the energy in a food chain start?
- What happens to a food chain if one animal disappears?
- What is the difference between a predator and its prey?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: food chain, producer, predator.
Try it: Draw a four-link food chain from your area and label the producer and a predator.