Pre-Visit Activities : Animals are Consumers : Main Third - Fifth Grade Online Curriculum : Communities

Focus Question
How do animals get the food energy they need to live?

Activity Synopsis
Students will examine and categorize different food items that people eat to learn the concepts: consumer, herbivore, carnivore and omnivore.

Time Frame
One hour 

Student Key Terms:

• carnivore
• consumer
• herbivore
• omnivore

Teacher Key Terms

• adaptation