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Ocean Food Chains
CONCEPTUALDescribe a simple ocean food chain: tiny plants (phytoplankton) are eaten by small animals, which are eaten by bigger fish, which are eaten by top predators like sharks — showing that all ocean life depends on others for food
Mastery Evidence
- Describe a food chain with at least three levels
- Identify that ocean food chains start with tiny plants or algae
- Explain that bigger animals eat smaller ones in a chain of dependence
Assessment Prompt
“Can [child] draw or describe a chain showing how tiny ocean plants are eaten by small creatures, then by bigger fish, then by a shark — explaining that each animal depends on the one before it?”
Prerequisites2
- What Ocean Animals NeedsoftAges 5—7
- Ocean Animal VarietysoftAges 5—7
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- Ocean Animal Variety soft
Food chains benefit from knowing the variety of animals that eat each other
Unlocks2
- Simple Food ChainssoftAges 6—7
- Ocean Food WebshardAges 7—9