The hawk’s story and changing webs
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1
Write a claim, evidence and reasoning for “How does an owl get its energy?”
Claim: an owl gets energy by eating animals that ate plants. Evidence: a chain such as grass, mouse, owl. Reasoning: only plants make food from sunlight, so the owl’s energy began with the Sun.
2
In a marked square you count 7 grass clumps, 6 daisies and 4 thistles. How many plants altogether? Which kind is the most common?
7 + 6 + 4 = 17 plants. Grass is the most common.
3
Draw a food web with five living things from a place near your home. Use arrows from food to eater.
Answers differ. Check that every arrow points from the food to the eater.
4
Write three “If … then … because …” sentences about a pond or a farm.
Answers differ, for example: If the pond dries, then the fish die, because they need water.
5
Ask a grown-up if they have seen a place in Egypt change when water or plants disappeared. Write what you learned.
Answers differ.