A Who-Eats-What Adventure

A Temperate Forest Food Chain

 

By Rebecca Hogue Wojahn and Donald Wojahn

Lerner Publications, 2009

ISBN #978-0-8225-7496-5

 

 

 

 

 

Following an introduction to the woodland habitat and a review of related terms, this book asks the reader to choose a tertiary consumer from a list on page 7. According to which animal is chosen, the reader is directed to turn to a specific page for more details. From that page, facts are detailed in the text and further choices are provided for the next link in the food chain. Interactive and entertaining, A Temperate Food Chain provides a fun-filled trek though the forest habitat as it shows specific examples of energy flow.

 

Filled with photos and game board-appearing pages, this book will educate as it entertains, keeping the reader moving back and forth to find the next piece of the food chain puzzle.

 

This book is one in a series that covers various habitats in a who-eats-what adventure set. It could be used in conjunction with biomes.

 

 

In food chains, the strongest predators are called tertiary consumers. They hunt other animals for food and have few natural enemies.

 

 

Activity

Trace one food chain from the book and write down the path of the energy flow. Then choose another animal whose food chain links with the first one. Create a diagram to show the overlapping aspects of food chains into food webs. Draw arrows to show the direction of energy flow.

 

 

For more food chain activities, visit me and see the lessons I presented at TLA April 1. The lessons will be up for about a week longer.

 

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