Ocean Food Web, Draw the Arrows

Start with something students can look at or think about: a photo, a short video, a jar on the windowsill, or a question like "what do you already know about food chains?" Then let them work through it independently after a quick group example, checking in with a partner if they get stuck, keeping a word bank or anchor chart in view so the vocabulary stays available. When you review, ask students how they knew, and let them point to the part of the diagram or reading that told them. These food chains worksheets work well as a lead in before an investigation, as a way to capture what students noticed afterward, or as review before an assessment.

Draw arrows in an ocean food web of kelp, urchins, otters, fish, seals and sharks. A food web shows many food chains joined together. Each arrow points from a food to the animal that eats it. The directions on the page read: Read who eats what. Then, draw an arrow from each food to the animal that eats it. Then, answer the questions. The answer key shows every answer.

Yes, both. We made it for 2nd 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.

Students learn that energy flows from the sun to plants (producers) to plant-eating animals (herbivores) to meat-eating animals (carnivores). For second graders, food chain worksheets typically use familiar animals and clear arrow diagrams to make the concept concrete and manageable.

Food chains are typically introduced in Grade 2 life science as part of ecosystem and habitats units. They connect to earlier lessons on what animals eat and extend toward food web concepts introduced in Grade 3 and above.

Choose a familiar ecosystem, your backyard, a local pond, or a forest, and work with your child to identify what animals live there and what they eat. Use the worksheets to draw and label the food chains you discover together. Even a simple grass → rabbit → fox chain makes the concept click.

5 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 2nd Grade students, roughly ages 7-8. 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.