Cycle 2 Week 3 Science: Types of Consumers: Consumer Plate Activity


Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore: here is a great hands-on activity to help your child get the concept of consumers. Bonus you can do this at snack time, and they can eat the foods afterwards

Materials

  • 3 paper plates
  • marker
  • veggies (broccoli, celery, peppers, etc)
  • meats (lunch meat or chicken etc)
  • toy animal/ people figurines (lion, giraffe, horse, rabbit, monkey, pig, alligator, people, etc)

Consumers Activity

  • Label each paper plate with a type of consumer: Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore.
  • Place the veggies on the herbivore plate and discuss with child.
  • Place meats on the carnivore plate and discuss.
  • Place both veggies and meat on the omnivore plate.
  • Then bring out the animals and have child try to sort them around the plate they would eat. See below for examples. You may have different toy figurines, so do a google search to figure out ones that are specific to you.
  • Eat your snacks 🙂

*What are the three types of consumers…

Fast Facts

  • Herbivore: animal that eats mainly plants. E.g. Cow, elk, buffalo, elephant, koala, giraffe, horse, sheep, rabbit.
  • Carnivore: animal that eats mainly flesh/meat. E.g. Lion, wolf, polar bear, hyena, alligator, shark.
  • Omnivore: animal or human that eats plants and meat. E.g. Dog, fox, bird, man, monkey, pig, turkey, black bear, grizzly bear.

If you liked this activity, check out my whole guide for cycle 2 science weeks 1-24 here.

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