Year 2 food chain lesson: What is a food chain?
This Year 2 food chain lesson helps pupils understand how animals get their food and introduces the idea of a simple food chain. Part of our Living Things and Their Habitats unit, this lesson supports pupils to identify sources of food and explain how plants and animals depend on each other.
Pupils build simple food chains, label each part, and use scientific vocabulary such as predator, prey and producer. The lesson supports working scientifically through observation, discussion and classification.
What’s included in this lesson pack?
- Step-by-step lesson plan with teaching guidance
- Interactive Year 2 food chain PowerPoint
- Differentiated Year 2 food chain worksheet
- Food chain building activity
- Assessment questions and vocabulary support
What pupils will learn
- What a food chain is
- How animals get their food from plants or other animals
- How to build and explain a simple food chain
- How habitats provide sources of food
Free trial available – download this Year 2 food chain lesson and the full unit.
