Grade 3

Food chains and living links

Notice how plants, animals, and people are connected through simple food chains children can understand.

Category: World Around Us 9 min Confident
Aa Tap Say Read

Keep the chains short and familiar. The goal is to see connections, not to memorize big science words.

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G Picture card
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Grass -> goat

living link

Read the chain from left to right.

Example: The goat eats grass.

P Picture card
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Plant -> caterpillar -> bird

food chain

Talk about who depends on whom.

Example: The bird may eat the caterpillar.

G Picture card
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Grain -> hen -> egg

home-life link

Connect the chain to food children know.

Example: Eggs can come from hens that eat grain.

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