Title of Book: Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs
Author: Patricia Lauber
Illustrator: Holly Keller
Publisher/Date: Harper Collins/1995
ISBN: 0060229829
Grade Levels for Recommended Use: 4th
TEKS: §112.15.b.9.B describe the flow of energy through food webs, beginning with the Sun,
and predict how changes in the ecosystem affect the food web such as a fire in a forest.
Brief Summary: This book describes interactions between organisms and trophic levels by
explaining what a food chain is. This book shows that all parts of the food chain are necessary
for all of the components to survive. By including illustrations that show students which animals
eat other animals, the book reinforces this information. This book includes food chains from
water, land and air.
Materials:
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Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs by Patricia Lauber
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11 Food Web cards (see attached), printed and glued to note cards.
Activity:
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Students will be read Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs by Patricia Lauber.
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Students will be broken up into groups.
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Each group of students will be provided with 11 cards (5 arrows and 6 food chain
components: sunlight, plants, insect, mouse, snake, and fox).
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As a group, students will arrange cards into a food chain with arrows connecting the
components of the food chain.
Adapted by: Sabrina Krueger, 2010