| Time needed for the activity: | 20 – 40 Minutes |
| Students profile/age of the student: | 9-12 years old… |
| Climate change topic | Food and drinking shortages, Wildlife and climate change, Plantlife and climate change |
| Connected subject in the curriculum | Geography, Biology, Science |
| Skills and competencies to be developed | critical thinking, content knowledge, teamwork, listening skills, decision making |
| Terminology, keywords | Food Chain |
| Teaching techniques and tools: | storytelling, brainstorming, facilitate discussion |
| Methodological recommendations for the implementation | Teacher can observe students interacting the game. Teacher can collect exit cards after a debrief of the game to quickly check that each student remembers the vocabulary. The teacher can assign students to partner “guides” to help them throughout the game. |
| Materials needed: | – a court with boundaries for the tag-game, – paper and pencil |
| Materials offered |
Activity description, instructions for teachers
Students will learn a brief background about energy transfer between the sun, producers, primary consumers, and secondary consumers. ½ of the students are primary consumers (plants) and ¼ of the students are primary consumers (rabbits) and ¼ of the students are secondary consumers (hawks).
Procedure
– https://www.teacher.org/lesson-plan/food-chain-tag/
| Source: | https://www.teacher.org/lesson-plan/food-chain-tag/ |
| Additional links: |
Food and drinking shortage/Food Chain Tag