Grade 4 Science — Term 3, Week 5
5 day-plan(s) · WeLearn JA SCI T3 G4
Day 1: Producers and Consumers
Grade 4 Science · Term 3, Week 5 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Classify living things as producers or consumers. |
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| Materials | Food-chain cards |
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| Key vocabulary | producer, consumer, plant, energy, food |
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| Engage (starter) | "Which living things make their own food?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: sort living things into producers (plants) and consumers (animals); tap-to-reveal the roles. |
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| Plenary (close) | What is a producer? |
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| Assessment | Classifies feeding roles. |
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| Teacher notes | Producers make food; consumers eat. |
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Day 2: Food Chains
Grade 4 Science · Term 3, Week 5 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Build and explain food chains showing energy flow. |
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| Materials | Food-chain cards, arrows |
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| Key vocabulary | food chain, energy, arrow, predator, prey |
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| Engage (starter) | "Which way does the energy arrow point?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: build food chains from the Sun through producers to consumers; explain the arrows as energy flow; tap-to-reveal. |
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| Plenary (close) | Build a food chain with four links. |
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| Assessment | Builds food chains. |
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| Teacher notes | Arrows point the way energy flows. |
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Day 3: Food Webs
Grade 4 Science · Term 3, Week 5 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Combine food chains into a food web. |
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| Materials | Food-web cards, string |
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| Key vocabulary | food web, connected, chains, energy |
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| Engage (starter) | "What happens when many food chains link up?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: connect several food chains with string into a food web; discuss how living things are linked; tap-to-reveal food webs. |
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| Plenary (close) | What is a food web? |
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| Assessment | Builds a food web. |
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| Teacher notes | The MoEY step-up: food webs this year. |
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Day 4: Changes in Food Webs
Grade 4 Science · Term 3, Week 5 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Predict effects of change on a food web. |
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| Materials | Food-web model, scenario cards |
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| Key vocabulary | food web, change, effect, balance, depend |
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| Engage (starter) | "What if one animal disappeared from the web?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: remove a living thing from a food web and predict the effects; discuss balance; tap-to-reveal interdependence. |
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| Plenary (close) | What might happen if a predator is removed? |
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| Assessment | Predicts web effects. |
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| Teacher notes | Introduce interdependence and balance. |
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Day 5: Review: Feeding Relationships
Grade 4 Science · Term 3, Week 5 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Consolidate producers, consumers, chains, and webs. |
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| Materials | Food-web cards, review stations |
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| Key vocabulary | review, food chain, food web |
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| Engage (starter) | "Food web challenge!" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: build food chains and webs at review stations. |
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| Plenary (close) | Build a food chain and extend it into a web. |
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| Assessment | Station accuracy. |
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| Teacher notes | Reinforce energy flow and links. |
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