Soil Food Chains

PrimaryYear 4Science

Lesson Summary

Students explore the relationships between soil organisms. They look at soil organisms and investigate how food chains can help illustrate the interactions between soil organisms. They create a short story to describe some of these interactions.

Learning intentions

Students will:

explore how food chains can be used to illustrate relationships in an ecosystem
investigate soil organisms and food chains.

Success criteria

Students can:

list some of the organisms that might be found in the soil
give examples of soil food chains using images and text.

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Lesson Details

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Soil Food Chains

Lesson Summary

Learning intentions

Success criteria

Lesson Guides and Printables

Lesson Details

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

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