Science · Stage 5
Make a Food-Chain Poster
Trace the energy! Plan and draw a food-chain poster that shows how energy flows from the Sun, to a plant, to the animals that eat it.
✦ Science📘 Stage 5 · S5⏱ ~10 min🧒 Ages 9–10★ Free to start
I can make a food-chain poster that shows how energy flows from the Sun, to a producer, to the animals that eat it.
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Kavi Makes a Food-Chain Poster
Kavi tapes a big sheet of paper to the wall 🖼️ and picks up a marker. "I'm going to make a food-chain poster!" hoots Kavi. "Every food chain begins with energy from the Sun ☀️. The Sun feeds a producer — a green plant 🌱 — and the plant feeds the animals that eat it. My arrows will show which way the energy flows. Let's build one together!"
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What your child will learn
1How energy flows along a food chainA food chain shows the path of energy, link by link. Tap each one to follow the energy from the Sun to the fox!
2Who makes food, and who must eat it?A producer makes its own food from sunlight. A consumer cannot — it must eat plants or other animals. Tap the right box!
3Reading our food-chain posterUse what you know about energy and arrows. Predict, then tap to check. Tap Next test for more.
4What a good food-chain poster hasUse what you've learned to plan your poster. Tap each part to see its job.
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A peek inside
Kavi draws grass → rabbit → fox on the poster. Which way should the arrow between the grass and the rabbit point?
An arrow in a food chain follows the energy — it always points to the animal doing the eating.
Try this at home: What does every food chain start with?
Ready to play and learn?
Start the free interactive lesson, or print the handout for screen-free play.
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