What's included? The content is suitable for ages 8 - 10 (UK Key Stage 2). It introduces the concept of food chains as a way of showing "what eats what", plus the terms producer, consumer, predator and prey. The topic of food webs is included as extension work, although it is not required by the UK curriculum at this level.

We have also included links to external sites with free activities of particular value on this topic. Free science web resources are notoriously unreliable so we are happy to be able promote those that are well made and scientifically valid.