Learning objectives
- To recognise producers, predators and prey in food chains.
- Working scientifically: To analyse trends in line graphs and form conclusions using scientific knowledge.
Success criteria
- I can identify
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National curriculum
Science
Animals, including humans
Pupils
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Cross-curricular links
Geography
Place knowledge
Pupils should
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could use the Activity: Predator-prey cycle at sea: support version for the Wrapping up task.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could explain how factors other than feeding relationships may affect population sizes; should predict missing values from a graph, explaining their choice using scientific vocabulary.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: defining a producer,
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Vocabulary definitions
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hunt
To kill something for food.
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population
A group of the same species living together.
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In this unit
Assessment - Science Y4: Digestion and food
Lesson 1: The human digestive system
Lesson 2: Human teeth
Lesson 3: Investigating dental hygiene
Lesson 4: Teeth of carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
Lesson 5: Producers, predators and prey in food chains
Lesson 6: Poo clues
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 18th December, 2023
