Ocean Food Chain Cut and Paste

Ask your child what each animal eats before gluing. Start every chain with the plant. Check with the answer key.

Cut out algae, small fish, seal and shark pictures and glue them in an ocean food chain. A food chain shows what eats what. Each arrow points to the living thing that does the eating. The directions on the page read: Read the clue under each box. Then, cut out the pictures at the bottom. Then, glue each one in the right box. The answer key shows every answer.

Yes, both. We made it for 1st Grade animals, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with food chains. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

A food chain shows what eats what. It starts with a plant, like grass, and each arrow points to the animal that eats it: grass, grasshopper, frog, snake.

Plants make their own food from sunlight. Animals cannot, so they get their energy by eating plants or other animals.

From the food to the eater. The arrow from the acorn points to the mouse because the mouse eats the acorn.

Yes. All three food chain sheets have an answer key.

3 printable worksheets, all free to preview. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 1st Grade students, roughly ages 6-7. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Each one shows the NGSS code it covers on its own page, so you can check the alignment yourself rather than taking our word for it.