Publication Extract
The following extract is the contents page from the BES Publication, "Food Chains and Food Webs"
CONTENTS
Introduction
Background for teachers: a summary of key ideas
What is energy?
The importance of plants
The ecosvstem concept
Food chains
Food webs
Energy flow along a food chain
Pyramids of numbers
The effects of humans
Introducing food chains: teacher's notes
Activity 1: Sort the food chain
Activity 2: The dinosaurs
Activity 3: Foocl chain trails and food chain nature table
Investigations: teacher's notes and worksheets
Introduction
Investigation 1:The human food chain
Worksheet 1. Food chain detectives What's in a meal?
Worksheet 2. Food chain detectives Design-a-dinner
Investigation 2: What do Woodlice like to eat?
Investigation 3: The holly leaf miner
Worksheet 3. Food chain detectives - The holly leaf miner
Investigation 4: Watch the pitfalls!
Worksheet 4. Minibeast recording sheet: pitfall trap investigation
Worksheet 5. Minibeast information
Investigation 5: Oak leaf galls
Investigation 6: Broad beans and aphids
Linking up to infomation and communications technology
Games, exercises and further activities: teacher's notes and activity sheets
Introduction
Game 1: Find your food chain
Game 2: Ball of wool web game
Game 3: Woolly caterpillars
Game 4: Food chain memory game
Exercise 1: Energy transfer simulation
Exercise 2: Animal movement simulation
Exercise 3: Food chain mobiles
Exercise 4: Using children's literature
Activity sheet 1. Drawing food chains and food webs
Activity sheet 2. Where do living things get their energy from?
Activity sheet 3. Wildlife diaries
Activity sheet 4. The food chain crossword - can you solve it?
Glossary
References and resources
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