Good morning all and welcome to Friday! Before we launch into our science, if you are a year 1 parent then click on the link below to see details for the wider return of Year 1 children.
Friday Science Fix
Begin today by putting your learner in the 'hot seat' to recap. (This is a game often used in class, it's basically a seat that you pretend is really hot because of the tricky questions... are they brave enough to sit in it and have a go?) Answer 3 questions about our previous learning to earn a small reward, ie; a sticker, a milkshake, 10 mins extra playtime, or something that you know will motivate them!
Possible questions:
- Tell me one type of animal diet?
- What does a herbivore eat?
- What does a carnivore eat?
- What does an omnivore eat?
- Owls eat mice - which animal is the predator and which is the prey?
- Can you remember anything about the term, 'food chain'?
- What is the special term for the animal at the top of the food chain?
In class 3 correct answers earns a small reward, but you can give support or as many clues as you want to to get there!
If you haven't already covered it, then remind yourselves of the following. A food chain quite simply shows who is eating who and starts with the sun, and if you are able to track the food chain completely you might find an apex predator sitting at the top of it!
For example:
The sun gives energy to the plant to make its own food, the flower is eaten by a caterpillar, the caterpillar is eaten by a bird, and you could continue; the bird is eaten by a cat... and so on. The arrow means 'is eaten by'.
The short clip below shows a small section of a food chain in action (just two animals).
Your mission today is to try to fill in the missing parts to complete this food chain. Use the seaside fact file below to help you. Using the information fields 'food' and 'predators', you should be able to trace the food chain in either direction, by asking questions such as; What does a limpet eat? Who eats a starfish? and so on!
There is a lot of information in the fact file so give as much help as needed. Once you have traced the chain and noted it down, then you can record it as the example above using a piece of A4 paper cut in half length ways and folded to give 4 sections.
Some children in class would be supported in this task with reading and writing, and perhaps just be asked to complete 4 stages of the chain.
Some children would work independently and some might be asked to find all 7 stages (yes, there are 7 so you will need 2 strips of paper for the whole thing).
Some children, if they are enthusiastic, might be extended even further and be asked to use the fact file to find a food chain of their own.
Any one of the above is perfect, but if it is not a day for recording do not worry! The task is about consolidating understanding of food chains and investigating what an underwater food chain looks like. Looking at the resources with lots of discussion and asking/ answering questions can also achieve this.
Here is the link to the interactive game again, just in case you missed it last time, or enjoyed it and want to have another go!
Best wishes for a lovely weekend everyone.
KS1 Team
