In this Living Things unit, students observe and explore the external features of plants and animals. This unit explains the important jobs of these features and how they help animals to survive. Students will engage in a range of hands on activities to explore and group these living things based on their features. Students create their own creatures with a unique set of features to demonstrate their understanding of the unit.
Observe external features of plants and animals and describe ways they can be grouped based on these features
Explore the ways people make and use observations and questions to learn about the natural world
Pose questions and make predictions based on experiences
Engage in investigations safely and make observations using their senses
Represent observations in provided templates and identify patterns with guidance
Compare observations with predictions with guidance
Share questions, predictions, observations and ideas with others
Identify the basic needs of plants and animals, including air, water, food or shelter, and describe how the places they live meet those needs
Living things have basic needs, including food and water
Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events
Pose and respond to questions about familiar objects and events
Participate in guided investigations and make observations using the senses
Engage in discussions about observations and represent ideas
Share observations and ideas
Observes, questions and collects data to communicate ideas
Develops solutions to an identified need
Explores the characteristics, needs and uses of living things
Identifies that objects are made of materials that have observable properties
Observes the way objects move and relates changes in motion to push and pull forces
Identifies how daily and seasonal changes in the environment affect humans and other living things
Identifies digital systems and explores how instructions are used to control digital devices
Living things have a variety of external features and live in different places where their basic needs, including food, water and shelter, are met
Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events
Participate in guided investigations, including making observations using the senses, to explore and answer questions
Represent and communicate observations and ideas about changes in objects and events in a variety of ways
The key concepts in this unit include:
Lesson 1
Becoming a Scientist
Make observations, using our five senses.
Lesson 2
Living and Non-Living Things
Identify living and non-living things.
Lesson 3
What Are External Features?
Understand what external features are.
Lesson 4
What External Features Do Animals Have?
Identify the external features of animals.
Lesson 5
What Are The Functions of External Features? Pt. 1
Identify the functions of certain external features that animals have.
Lesson 6
What External Features Do Plants Have?
Learning about how to care for living things.
Lesson 7
What Are The Functions of External Features? Pt . 2
Learn about the functions of the external features of plants.
Lesson 8
Science Walk
Use our senses to observe living animals and plants.
Lesson 9
Create A New Creature
Design and create a brand-new creature.
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This set of charts depicts common observable features of animals and people.
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This External Features of a Plant worksheet was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides opportunities for students to ide...
This Parts of Plants and their Functions worksheet was created for the Foundation Living Things Unit and provides opportunities for students...
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