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Who eats who? 1 Background d energy All plants and animals nee Plants from their food to live. own (producers) produce their imals get energy from the sun. An her organisms.

Cons l ors who have few natura and at the top are predat all the interconnections threats. Food webs show of cular habitat.

Websites the food web to research ry museum such as the natural histo d national (http://www.nhm.ac.uk) an ids. geographic kids (http://k nationalgeographic.com) are good starting points.

s the Find Out More resea Subject/Topic: Food webs, biodiversity 2 Set the Sc ene Show students Cool Seas poster. Identify some of the marine life.

5 Apply Younger or less able students should complete the Build a Food Web interactiv e independently. Older students use Who Eats Who? 1 or 2 to build their own food web.

1 Who eats who? 1 Background d energy All plants and animals nee Plants from their food to live. own (producers) produce their imals get energy from the sun. An her organisms. their energy by eating ot d web is a They are consumers. A foo. A food chain connection of food chains rgy sun, as the source of ene always starts with the umers eat the producers for the producers. Cons l ors who have few natura and at the top are predat all the interconnections threats. Food webs show of cular habitat. The ability between species in a parti, nce from threats, its reslie an ecosystem to recover orted and conserved. is vital and must be supp 6 Extend ures from Choose one of the creat. Websites the food web to research ry museum such as the natural histo d national ( an ids. geographic kids ( nationalgeographic.com) are good starting points. raged to use Students should be encou ll to complete information texts as we rch scaffold.s the Find Out More resea Subject/Topic: Food webs, biodiversity 2 Set the Sc ene Show students Cool Seas poster. Identify some of the marine life. With a partner, st udents to discuss who they th ink eats who. Pairs to share their ideas with the class. 5 Apply Younger or less able students should complete the Build a Food Web interactiv e independently. Older students use Who Eats Who? 1 or 2 to build their own food web. This activity could be completed usin g an online mindmapping program, such as bubbl.us. 7 Reflect Ask for volunteers to explain the food web, identifying producers, consumers and predators. Consider: What happens if one creature becomes extinct or reduces in numbers? Relate this to the need to fish sustainably and keep our oceans clean. Suitable for: Older years 3 Resources Web, Who Worksheets: Marine Food s Poster, eats who? 1 or 2, Cool Sea me. ga Find Out More, interactive 4 Investigate Ask students to think about the types of fo od we eat. Discuss being a vegetarian. Compar e eating meat - carnivo res with vegetarians (herbivores) and thos e who eat both (omn ivores) Brainstorm common examples of each (e.g. cat, rabbit, pig) Explain th e same is true in the sea. Show examples of ea ch (shark - carnivore, se a urchin - herbivore, gr een turtle - omnivor e) Discuss how this me ans life is interconnec te d. Introduce the terms producer, consumer and predator. Use the Bu ild a Food Web inter active (in Food Webs sectio n) on IWB as model for the following activity. A project made possible by

2 Who Eats Who? (for second stage activity 3) Basking Sharks: Eat plankton Cat worms: Eat seaweed and worms Small fish: (Such as sand ee ls) eat seaweed and worms Use the food web template and the information on this sheet to make your own food web. imals Plankton: These are tiny an ter and plants that float in the wa to (you really need a microscope see them) Sea urchins: Eat seaweed and worms Dolphins: Eat fish Edible crabs: s Eat shellfish, worm and small fish Mussels: Eat plankton Photographs L to R J Stafford-Deitsch, Andy Colls, Dawn Tim, Hans Hillewart (Wikimedia Commons) Ryan Towley/MCS, Peter Richardson/MCS, Judith Scott

Cat worms: Eat seaweed and worms Edible crabs: Eat shellfish, worms and small fish Mussels: Eat plankton Basking Sharks: Eat plankton Small fish: (Such as sand eels) eat seaweed and worms Sea

3 Cat worms: Eat seaweed and worms Edible crabs: Eat shellfish, worms and small fish Mussels: Eat plankton Basking Sharks: Eat plankton Small fish: (Such as sand eels) eat seaweed and worms Sea urchins: Eat seaweed and worms Dolphins: Eat fish Plankton: These are tiny animals and plants that float in the water (you really need a microscope to see them) Who Eats Who? 2 Use the food web template and the information on this sheet to make your own food web.

4 Marine Food Web (for second stage activity 3) Name: People Basking Shark CONSUMERS PRODUCERS Plankton and Seaweed

5 Find Out More Name: Choose one of the creatures from the food web to research and add notes to the research grid below. Appearance Lifecycle Behaviour Diet Marine Animal Other Habitat Adaptation Predators

Barnacles attach to hard surfaces and use their legs to catch tiny particles of food, including plankton from the water around them.

Food Web Resources - Food Chain Cards Barnacles attach to hard surfaces and use their legs to catch tiny particles of food, including plankton from the water around them Barnacle Edible crabs use their