I can describe some places and the living things found in them.

I know that plants need light, air and water and can explain what happens to the plant without (enough of) one of these.

I know that all living things need food and that animals eat other animals or plants for energy. 

I can group animals into those that eat plants, those that eat animals and those that eat both.

Plants Movie

What living things eat

I can identify differences between different habitats.

I can describe how familiar organisms are suited to the habitat in which they are found.

I know that green plants need sunlight to grow.

I can write simple food chains and describe them.

I can identify predator and prey.

I know what happens if predators increase or decrease.

I know animals have food preferences but can sometimes eat alternatives.

I know microbes are important to get rid of dead organisms.

Pappered Moth Game

Habitats Game

Frogs Food Chain

Make a food chain

Ladybirds as predators

What is an ...ivore?

Animals Song

I can relate differences between different habitats to the organisms found in them.

I can describe ways in which organisms are adapted to daily or seasonal changes in their environment and to their mode of feeding.

I can describe food chains within an environment and combine these into food webs.

I can explain food chain in terms of producer and consumers.

I know ways organisms are adapted to their environment.

I know that green plants make food using energy from sunlight & can name this process.

Design a Habitat Game

Food Chain Activity

Fish Olympics Games

Online questions on the environment

Living Things Information

How Plants Survive in the Desert

I can explain why a variety of habitats is needed in a community.

I can describe how different organisms contribute to the community.

I can link food chains to energy transfer.

I can explain a possible outcome if part of the web is affected.

I know the word equation for photosynthesis.

I know that photosynthesis provides carbohydrates which are used as a chemical energy source for respiration.

I can describe and explain the effect on one organism in a food web if another organism increases or decreases.