Learning objectives
Knowledge
- To recognise producers, predators and prey in food chains.
Working scientifically
- To analyse patterns and form conclusions using scientific knowledge.
Success criteria
Knowledge
- I can identify a producer, a predator
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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
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: Spot the mistakes and ask the children to identify errors and suggest corrections.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should use the Knowledge organiser to prompt the definitions of producer, predator and prey and examples of food chains to apply during the Main event and Wrapping up activities.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should predict missing values from a graph, explaining their choice using scientific vocabulary; should use the Activity: Predator-prey graph at sea to independently analyse the line graph in the Wrapping up activity and predict missing values/patterns; could explain how factors other than feeding relationships may affect population sizes; could choose an extension activity relating to food chains, predators and prey from the Resource: Stretch and challenge: Digestion and food.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: defining a producer, a predator and prey;
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Knowledge outcomes
- I can identify something as a producer, a predator or prey.
- I can define a producer as something (usually a plant) that makes its own food.
- I can define a predator as something that hunts and kills its food.
- I can define prey as something that is hunted and killed for food.
- I can explain population changes using scientific ideas (including the amount of food available).
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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 Y3/4 (A): Digestion and food
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 1: The human digestive system
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: Human teeth
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 3: Investigating dental hygiene
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 4: Teeth of carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 5: Producers, predators and prey in food chains
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 6: Poo clues
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 6th February, 2025
