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Who's for dinner?

Who's for dinner?

TLF ID L25

Look closely at a food chain and food web from a billabong habitat. Help animals to feed and survive. Play the role of a tadpole, fish or heron. Help the animal to grow and breed by feeding and avoiding predators. Notice that eating high-value food sources may increase an animal's risk of being attacked by predators.

Tags: Food chains Space flight Who's for dinner
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Educational details

Educational value
  • Explains food chains and food webs.
  • Provides a game based on a food web in a billabong habitat.
  • Allows students to take the role of tadpole, fish or heron to find food and try to avoid predators.
  • Shows that in a natural habitat it is a challenge for many animals to survive long enough to breed.
  • Provides a glossary that can be printed out.
Year level

3; 4; 5; 6; 7

Topics Food chains Living things Decomposition (Living things) Data analysis Data representation Symbiosis Consumers (Food chains) Evidence Food webs Environmental impact Human impact Evaluation
Learning area
  • Science

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Department of Education\, Tasmania\; e-magine Centre of Excellence in
  • Organization: Department of Education\, Tasmania\; e-magine Centre of Excellence in
  • Description: Subject matter expert
  • Address: TAS, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.education.tas.gov.au/
  • Name: Crank Media Pty Ltd
  • Organization: Crank Media Pty Ltd
  • Description: Technical implementer
  • Address: TAS, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.acceleration.com.au/
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Publisher
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organization: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © Education Services Australia Ltd, 2016, except where indicated under Acknowledgements. Unless otherwise indicated, this material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.