The Sun game serves as a springboard for the guide to introduce Child/ren to the Food Chain Activity Set. A food chain is a sequential method of explaining the relationship between living organisms. Every ecosystem sustains its own food chain; depending upon where it is situated; and which living animals or plants inhabit the area.

Producer → Primary Consumer → Secondary Consumer → Tertiary Consumer → Quaternary Consumer

An ecosystem has 3 components.  These are producers, consumers, and decomposers. However, the food chain could not function without an initial source of energy from the Sun.

Objectives of the Food Chain Activity Bundle

• the direct objective of this material: to introduce the Child to the concept of a food chain
• indirect objective:  after understanding the food chain, the Child will realise how one organism is dependent upon another species for survival
• the food chain is a linear sequence of organisms where nutrients, and energy is transferred from one organism to the other

Contents of the Food Chain Activity Bundle

• The Terrestrial Food Chain Activity
• The Wetland Food Chain Activity
• and The Marine Food Chain Activity

Each of these food chain activities include

• 6 cards illustrating the Sun, the producer and 4 consumers
• each image has a label naming each component
• 6 arrows to indicate the direction of the food chain 
• the control of error is the oblong control mat

Dimensions

• mat – 71cm x 17cm / ( 28″ x 6¾” )
• card – 9cm x 10.5cm / ( 3½” x 4″ )
• envelope – 18cm x 13cm x 0.5cm / ( 7″ x 4″ x ¼” )

Related Products

• The Montessori Sun Game shows the Child the importance of the Sun
• The Marine Food Chain Activity
• The Wetland Food Chain Activity
• The Terrestrial Food Chain Activity

Further Reading and Resources