Animal Food Chains Web quest

Introduction
You already learned about animals and their environments.
In the wild, animals rely on plants and animals for food to survive.
Animals prey on different resources in order to survive.
Predator- Organisms that hunt and feed on other organisms
Prey- Animal that is hunted for food
Can you name an animal that you think is a predator?
Can you name an animal that you think is considered
prey?

Task
You are going to research an assigned animal and create a mobile
demonstrating that animals food chain to be shared with the
class.

Process
You will work in Groups of 2
Step 1: Listen to this song about Animal Food Chains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWfEn8J5xKM
Step 2: Review Regular food chains and bigger food chains
Use the tabs Food Chain, Bigger Chains, then click the tab on the
right hand side to play a game using what you learned.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foo
dchain/foodchain.htm
Step 3: Read the webpage Food Chains and Food Webs,
Whats for dinner? Print and Complete work sheet using this
website.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/foodchain/
Click here for Worksheet
Step 5: Create a Mobile with the following information

 Name of Animal
4 plants or animals apart of this animals food chain
displayed as a chain, hanging from mobile, with labels
1 fun fact about your animal
Pictorial Representation of each part of the food chain

Evaluation
Animal Chain
Mobile

Beginning
1

Animal
Information

The animal
information
use is
incorrect or
not displayed
at all
Animal Fun Fact
No animal fun
fact was
included in
the mobile
Animal Food Chain Incomplete
Pictures
pictures
and/or no
labels

Developing
2
1-3 parts of
the animal
chain
information
are correctly
displayed.
Animal fun
fact, but the
information
was incorrect.
2-3 pictures
are given with
some labels,
but not
complete

Accomplishe
d
3
4 parts of the
animal chain
information
are correctly
displays
Correct and
Factual animal
fun fact
included
Chain is
complete with
4 pictures and
4 complete
labels

Conclusion
Next time you think about squashing a bug or stepping on a plant,
think about animal food chains and the animals that may rely on
that organism. Ask Yourself: What animal food chain is this
organism apart of?
For further investigation, try this Game called Food Fight with a
partner to test your knowledge on animal food chains.
https://www.brainpop.com/games/foodfight/

Credits and references

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWfEn8J5xKM

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foo
dchain/foodchain.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/foodchain/
https://www.brainpop.com/games/foodfight/
By Leanna Zuccarelli