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Food Chain Puzzles

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Students love animals! We explore everything about the amazing creatures all around us.

So we find ways to bring various animal activities right into the classroom by talking about our pets and researching animals out in the wild.

We learn about our ocean friends with these I See Ocean Animals Interactive Reader and Ocean Sensory Bin Sorting Activity.

And we learn about adorable bunnies when we conduct a Rabbit Animal Study and decorate our rooms with Easter Bunny Thumbprint Art.

Because bringing animals into our lessons is a great way to get kids learning without realizing they’re learning.

Kids are amazed by the vast differences in animal habitats. As we dive into our habitats science unit we talk about food chains.

And so our students can show what they know, I’ve created these Food Chains Puzzles. This helps our preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade students learn and review food chains in a hands-on way.

Want even more animal study activities? Be sure to take a look at all of our Animal Studies Endless Bundle.

3 puzzle pieces labeled "plankton, fish, shark" connected on a bright blue background.

Inside You’ll Find:

  • 5 pages of puzzles
  • Covers 6 different habitats, each habitat has 2 different food chain puzzles.

I find it best if you print this center on cardstock and laminate it so you can use the center for years to come.

Food Chains puzzles are a great for science units

Supply list for Food Chain Puzzles:

  • paper or card stock
  • laminating pouches
  • laminator
  • Food Chain Puzzles Printable (scroll down to download!)
You'll want to cut out and laminate your food chains puzzles

Using the Food Chain Puzzles

Students will first pick a habitat to work on and then find the corresponding food chain puzzle pieces. This student picked the Pond habitat.

Students will then sort through all of the pieces, looking for which food chain matches the habitat they have.

The habitat pond Food chain puzzles

To get this freebie, use the ‘click here to download’ button at the bottom of this page.

Another way this activity could be used is to have all of the habitats and food chain pieces laid out on a table or the floor. Students will then sort the remaining puzzles pieces according to what habitat the food chain belongs with.

so our students can show what they know I've created these Food Chains Puzzles. This helps our preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade students learn and review food chains in a hands-on way.

If you have younger students or students struggling with this concept that might be overwhelmed with all the pieces at once, you can differentiate this activity and provide them with only a few matching food chain pieces at a time. Once they master the pieces you gave them, you can slowly add in more.

so our students can show what they know I've created these Food Chains Puzzles. This helps our preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade students learn and review food chains in a hands-on way.

Want More food chain Ideas?

If you want to extend your food chain lesson across the curriculum, check out our Food Chain Science Unit.

Download Your Food Chain Puzzles Printable Below!

If you can’t find a resource that you would LOVE to have for your classroom, Contact me and I would be happy to make it for you.

Click the button below to download. You will immediately be redirected to the freebie.

Have fun as you dig into the animal survival with these Food Chain Puzzles Printable.

Filed Under: Life Science, Science Tagged With: First Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K

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9 Comments

  1. michelle sukup

    March 14, 2019 at 9:22 pm

    I purchased the food chain unit. 🙂 I clicked on the link for the food chain freebie and I haven’t received it.

    Reply to this comment
    • Jennifer Hamilton

      March 17, 2019 at 9:41 pm

      Hi there Michelle, the printable will be emailed to you. Be sure to check your spam, promotions or other folders. I hope you enjoy the puzzles!!

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  2. Jen Williams

    February 22, 2021 at 10:39 am

    I did not receive my food chain freebie. It has been about an hour and a half. I have checked my spam and inbox. Please help

    Reply to this comment
    • Emily

      September 9, 2021 at 6:08 pm

      Same here! I clicked, put in my email, and nothing over 24 hours later.

      Reply to this comment

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