Lesson 4 of 7 · Organisms
Lesson⭐ 30 XPEnergy in a Food Chain
Organisms.
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ The twist
Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.
Mind = Blown
🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.
What You'll Learn
A food chain shows how energy passes from one organism to another. Producers like plants capture energy from the sun, herbivores eat the plants, and carnivores eat the herbivores.
Key Words
Tap a word to see its definition.
Steps
Look at the vocabulary words and write a definition for each in your own words.
Create a detailed food web for a local ecosystem. Include at least 8 organisms and use arrows to show energy flow from producers to top predators.
Observe what happens and describe it in detail.
Record your observations in your science journal with measurements and descriptions.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Which organism is a producer in a food chain?
Where you see this in real life
This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Try one experiment in real life this week — even a tiny one.
For the dinner table
“What's the most surprising thing you learned today?”
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
Share this experiment
Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.
Ready?
Energy in a Food Chain
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
Full screen — no distractions
Checkout complete lesson on Organisms for 4th Grade
Get the full Organisms track as a printable PDF — all lessons, worksheets, and answer keys.