Are you teaching the early years biology strand and looking for some engaging and educational science provocations to help your students learn about Living Things? In this blog post there are 5 engaging living things provocations to inspire you. There are also tips and ideas to help you set u
Turn your Kmart train table into a beautiful small world table. Perfect for imaginative play and learning activities for the classroom or home!
If you teach Needs and Characteristics of Living Things in your Grade 1 Science class, check out these fun activities!
Your little learners will love exploring the needs of living things with this hands-on Science unit! Set up an investigation table with word wall cards and posters. Explore what plants and animals need to survive with engaging activities and experiments. All of the activities also have matching printables or worksheets! Save 20% by grabbing this unit as part of my bundle! With over 100 pages of hands-on activities, experiments, matching worksheets, labels and displays, absolutely all of your planning has been done for you! Simply print, prepare and teach! "I love this unit. It is one of the most complete - doable - layouts I have seen. I especially like that each section is not necessarily dependent upon the other, but also that they connect. Thank you." - Rebecca The unit is split into three separate parts: Part 1 – Exploring Living and Non-Living (pages 10-35) Your little learners will explore what makes something living with several fun, hands-on activities and their matching printables. Picture sorts with real photographs, magazine searches and comparing and contrasting earthworms and gummy worms are just some of the fun activities you’ll find in Part 1. You’ll also find a beautiful printable display for your investigation area – Living things eat, breathe, grow, reproduce and move. Part 2 – Exploring Animals and their needs (pages 36-59) By introducing a class pet, your little learners will be able to observe and explore the needs of animals. You will find a range of printable signs and resources to display in your investigation area such as a display outlining class pet expectations and an observation journal. Your little learners will also create habitats suitable for a range of different animals ensuring that all of their needs are met. This particular activity also provides your little learners with an opportunity to engage in sensory play – my favourite way to learn! Part 3 – Exploring Plants and their needs (pages 60-109) Through a series of hands-on experiments and activities, your little learners will explore what plants need to stay alive. Your little learners will grow cress heads, test whether or not plants need sunlight and water; and explore how plants use their stems and leaves to store water. By growing seeds in ziplock bags, your little learners will observe the life cycle of a plant. Every activity has matching printables so that you can easily assess student knowledge and understanding. You will also find a beautiful book full of photgraphs of plants that grow in different locations such as the ocean, ponds, gardens and even inside your house! After completing this unit, you will have addressed the Foundation Year Biological Sciences strand of the Australian Curriculum! While I design my resources with Australian students in mind, I also include alternative US spelling too. Please be sure to check out the preview images to see what’s included. This resource is NOT editable. Love this resource? Check out our other Science resources below! Weather Unit Materials and their Properties Unit Roll, Bounce, Spin and Slide Unit ⭐ Wanna know when we release something new?! ⭐ Just >> tap here << to follow our store on Teachers Pay Teachers! ✨ We love seeing how you use our resources! Don't forget to tag us at @littlelifelonglearners over on Instagram! ✨ Copyright © Little Lifelong Learners® PTY LTD
Do you teach taxonomy classification of living things lessons? This can be a lot of fun, especially if you use the WOW Factor!
Living? Nonliving? Dormant? Dead? Even though teaching living vs. nonliving seems very elementary, you’d be surprised by how often high school students get confused when you throw examples at them. It makes me think of this 90’s “J-E-L-L-O it’s alive!” commercial: But in all seriousness….Teaching characteristics of life is a great way to start off ... Read more
Classifying Living Things PowerPoint and Worksheets Save time and deliver an outstanding science lesson on the classification of living beings in biology. Everything you need is included saving you time with no prep required. This download teaches children about the classification of living things in one complete lesson. There is a detailed 30 slide PowerPoint on the three types of living things, animals, plants and microorganisms. Details how to classify each and using a classification key. There are also differentiated, 10 page, worksheets to allow students to demonstrate their understanding. This pack is great for teaching kids all about the science of classifying living things, in your classroom. This download includes: ✅ Complete 30 slide classification of living things ppt ✅ 10 page printable, classification of living things, worksheets (x3 differentiated) ✅ Blank worksheets ✅ Answer sheets
Your little learners will love exploring the needs of living things with this hands-on Science unit!
Free Living and Nonliving Cards and Worksheets This unit will help your kids learn about living and nonliving things. Some of the things that are included in this mini-packet include Living and Nonliving Sorting Cards The Characteristics of Living Things Notebook Pages – cut and paste activity Several different types of living and nonliving worksheets – cut-and-paste page, circle the answer page, bingo marker page, word tracing page and a...
Help your students understand how to group plants and animals according to their external features with this unit plan and activity pack. Bring biological sciences to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9SFU01 element of the Australian Science Foundation curriculum version 9.0. Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help young minds explore the observable external features of plants and animals.
Compare living and non-living things! This resource includes bulletin board / wall information cards and fun images of living organisms and non-living things for a class sorting activity. Please see preview to view all components. This resources includes: (2) Living Things and Non-Living Things posters ~7.5" w x 9" h (2) Living Things and Non-Living Things title cards ~7.5" w x 4" h (4) attributes of living things cards ~7" w x 2.25" h (56) total 3.25" sq. cards of living and non-living things for all 4 seasons - 14 cards per season Cards would best printed on cardstock and/or laminated. Please checkout my related living things wall cards: Living or Non-Living Checklist Living or Non-Living Checklist - At the Pumpkin Patch Living or Non-Living Checklist - In the Garden Living or Non-Living Checklist - Winter Cut and Sort - Living or Non-Living - Winter Cut and Sort - Living or Non-Living - Spring Cut and Sort - Living or Non-Living - Summer Cut and Sort - Living or Non-Living - Fall Living or Non-Living Coloring Sheet - Winter Living or Non-Living Coloring Sheet - Spring Living or Non-Living Coloring Sheet - Summer Living or Non-Living Coloring Sheet - Fall Wall Cards - Animal Traits - Birds Penguin Wall Cards - Animal Traits - Mammal Polar Bear Wall Cards - Animal Traits - Fish Wall Cards - Animal Traits - Reptiles & Amphibians Wall Cards - Plants ** Please leave me feedback to let me know your thoughts on this product or other products that you would like to see! Credits, teacherpayteachers.com resources: Border - Bricks and Border Fonts - Hello Literacy Clip Art - EduClips, Little Red, Color Idea
Get a free game and sorting cards to assist you in teaching your living vs non living unit. There are other activities, such as emergent readers available too.
This post explores the differences between living and non-living things in a Montessori zoology lesson.
Looking for some fun and engaging ecosystem activities? This is the place to learn how to teach about food webs, food chains, and ecosystems.
I am linking up again with Teaching With Nancy's weekly linky - TGIF - Thank Goodness It's Free! Be sure to head over to her blog to pick up some more free stuff! We are finishing up our unit on plants and here are the greenhouses that we made. I have seen similar designs on Pinterest and decided to create one that we could use. Let me pause here to say - SEEDS ARE AMAZING! I forgot to buy bean seeds and remembered that I had pinto beans in my sensory bins! So I just grabbed some from the bins!!! And they grew!!! AMAZING! And did you know that you can use dry bean soup mix from the store to sprout? Here are the seeds on Day 1. And on Day 11. I love planting in plastic bags, because we are able to see all the plant parts! You can grab the Greenhouse pattern and directions below! Just click on the cover thumbnail! ***If you are having trouble accessing the file, please try using a non-work, non-school related account.***
Description If you’re teaching Living Things or Non-Fiction texts this term, then you are going to love using this differentiated Australian Animals inquiry unit with your early years students! Aligned with the Australian curriculum, the resources included in this unit of work have been carefully deigned to cater for the varying abilities in your classroom with resources and activities to suit levels K-2. Created by an Australian teacher and tested in my very own classroom (and many others – just take a look at the wonderful feedback left from teachers who have used this resource), your students are going to LOVE learning about the classification of Australian Animals, habitats, diet and features of the following: ✔ Wombats ✔ Kangaroos ✔ Emus ✔ Kookaburras ✔ Echidnas ✔ Tasmanian Devils ✔ Platypuses ✔ Dingoes ✔ Possums ✔ Bandicoots ✔ Koalas ✔ Wombats ✔ Cockatoos Going to a Wildlife Park or Zoo as a part of your unit?? I have included Pre and Post activities for your trip including activities on Australian Animals AND Wildlife Rangers. Here is a breakdown of what's included: ✔ 12 flash cards/word wall cards - additional Aussie Fonts included - VIC, QLD, NSW etc ✔ Colour Photograph animal cards and matching animal names ✔ Emergent reader ✔ Classification posters ✔ 12 Colour and black and white information fact sheets on each animal ✔ Fact sheet templates ✔ Labelled Diagrams (colour posters and black and white student copy) ✔ Draw and label your own diagram ✔ Aussie animal word search and teacher answer sheet ✔ Venn diagram template ✔ 12 fact graphic organisers ✔ Information book templates ✔ Creative writing piece Wildlife Sanctuary Visit: ✔ Questions for the Wildlife Ranger/Zoo Keeper ✔ Wildlife Ranger Student Name Tag Badges ✔ Wildlife Sanctuary Visit Recount (4 versions) ✔ Thank you letter to the Wildlife Ranger ✔ Creative Writing Activities
These activities are how I teach living & nonliving in my Kindergarten classroom.
We learned all about Apples this week! We used our theme of Apples to learn about letters, patterns, and plants. We learned how and where apples grow. We even tasted apples and cooked apple tarts! Here is a look into our week of Apples... Playing in the Apple Orchard We painted apples and learned the parts of an apple We tasted different types of apples. We then wrote a journal and graphed our favorite apple. Making homemade apple tarts Counting and Sorting apples from the apple tree We learned about patterns this week. We used classroom items to practice and create patterns. Check out these AB patterns! We began discussing the letter Aa. We learned how to write the letter Aa, the sounds that the letter Aa makes, as well as words that begin with Aa. It has been another great week in Pre-K 4!!
Hello Everyone!! 2014 is almost here! We are staying home, safe and sound in our living room this year! I am so happy!! We had a houseful of love and laughter this past week with both boys and friends here, and frankly, I am pooped!! It feels good to not have to cook, clean, dress up, and be "on" for a few hours!! But at the same time, I miss them already!!! I do, finally, have a minute to show a couple of pics from the week before winter break. One of my favorite days was our Grinch Day. We love celebrating the special message that Dr. Seuss illustrates in this infamous story! Here are a couple of pics! The kids went all out with grinchy green spirit! The grinch sent some sweet little elves to check on our kindness and make sure we learned from the story! Jolly, Joy, and Jingle made their debut and will probably hang around throughout the new year!! A yummy green snack was mysteriously left for the kids!! This amazing team really gets into every celebration!! I also wanted to share with you something our room moms made for our classrooms!!! The kids brought gift cards to clip onto this amazing snowman tree!! We have the best room moms around!!! When we get back from winter break we will be studying the historically significant and amazing life of Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the World. I put together a little unit about her, integrating social studies and ELA. Here are a few pics from the 17 page unit. For your own printable unit on Eleanor Roosevelt, click here!! Another thing we will begin studying is the science concept of living and nonliving. I have shared a mini unit on this topic before, but I revamped it a bit, so I'm offering it again! Here are a few pics from the 9 page unit. For your little living/nonliving unit click here!! I hope these little offerings will help your 2014 get off to a good start. Stay tuned for a little somethin' somethin' later in the week!! Till then, be safe and warm tonight. Welcome 2014!!! Joyfully! Nancy
Classifying Living Things Escape Room Game Try this escape room, style game with your students today! This is a fun game that is perfect for teaching children about the ways that living things can be classified. This game focuses on students finding out facts and information and using these to solve puzzles. This helps them to learn about the different groups living things can be placed in and why this is so important. This activity is great for the beginning of a topic to introduce information or at the end to recap. Students are trying to help an alien understand classifying; they must solve a series of clues, as well as decode different ciphers. There is also a video to start the game off; the video is included along with a YouTube link if you prefer to use that. This is an interactive game which can be timed. Students try and solve clues and questions before the time is up, you the teacher, can decide how much time your students have to complete the task. I suggest 45 minutes, but it is up to you. The tasks can be placed around the classroom for students to find for a more active game or distributed by you at their desks. After each task is solved students win a puzzle piece, the final puzzle along with the answers to the tasks lead the students to a phrase which directs to a congratulatory video (also on YouTube but with a copy provided) Please ask if you have any questions
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Looking for Science plans that engage students, inspire curiosity and take planning off your to-do list? This Biological Science pack includes everything you need, from lesson plans and PowerPoint slides, through to experiments and assessment. Through this unit, students will explore the external features of plants and animals, describe these features and group living things based on common features. || Updated 2024|| What's included? Biological Science PowerPoint: 190 + slides. Vocabulary loading slides. Lesson aligned slides with warm-ups, content and conclusions. Hyperlinked contents. Bonus templates. 12 x Detailed Lesson Plans 63 pages of activities and lessons. Learning intentions. Detailed steps. Resource lists. Activities with flexible options. Assessment rubric. Cover pages. Lesson Outline Lesson 1: Living it Up - Identifying between living and non-living. Lesson 2: Wild, Wild Kids - Recognising humans as 'animals'. Lesson 3: I Spy - Identifying living things in the environment. Lesson 4: Wonderful Worms - Comparing real worms and gummy worms. Lesson 5: Features on the Farm - Exploring the features of farm animals. Lesson 6: All Covered Up - Exploring 'body coverings' as features. Lesson 7: Create a Creature - Creating a creature using various materials. Lesson 8: Unbe-leafable Discoveries - Exploring the features of plants in the environment. Lesson 9: Serving up Science! - Relating plant parts to the food we eat. Lesson 10: My Little Plants - Observing the growth of seeds. Lesson 11: Seeds of Science - Labelling plants and their features. Lesson 12: Rainbow Rescue - Assessment: Sorting animals based on their features. Bonus: This unit has recently been revised and updated to align with the Australian V9 curriculum. The old unit has also been included as a separate file via Dropbox and Google Drive. Please note that some lessons have been integrated and refreshed from other year levels, to align with curriculum updates. Let's Connect! www.mrschalmerscherubs.com || Instagram || || Facebook || || E-mail ||
Do you teach Living and Non-Living characteristics to your preschool or kindergarten students? If you do, you may like some of my Living/Non...
This solar still experiment is a fun summer STEM activity for kids. Learning how to make a solar still is also a fun survival skill for kids to learn.
Overview: Effortlessly incorporate science literacy into your characteristics of life lesson with this digital reading passage from Avery Science. Students will learn about the discovery of viruses and characteristics of living things, then answer test-style multiple choice reading comprehension questions. A perfect warm-up, homework assignment, independent assignment, or literacy assessment. Looking for a printable version of this resource? Check it out HERE. Why You'll Love It: Low-prep, download and go! Test-style multiple choice questions prepare your students to critically think Improve science literacy skills while also learning about characteristics of life Students Will: Read a one-page passage about characteristics of life and the discovery of viruses Answer 6 comprehension multiple choice questions Included in this Resource: - Digital reading passage Google Form - 6 multiple choice questions - Answer key Terms of Use: You May: Use free and purchased items for your own classroom students, or your own personal use. Reference this product in blog posts, at seminars, professional development, workshops, or other such venues, ONLY if both credit is given to myself as the author, and a link back to my TpT store is included in the presentation. Purchase licenses at a great discount for other teachers to use this resource. You May Not: Claim this work as your own, alter the files in any way, or remove copyright / watermarks. Sell the files or combine them into another unit for sale / free. Post this document for sale / free elsewhere on the internet (this includes Google Doc links on blogs). Making copies of purchased items to share with others is strictly forbidden and is a violation of the TOU / law. Clipart and fonts for cover images credit to: Educlips, Hello Literacy, KG Fonts
Diversity of Living Things – Manitoba Science Curriculum – Grade 6 Unit – Cluster 1. This resource covers all outcomes in the Grade 6, Manitoba Science Curriculum – Diversity of Living Things cluster. BOTH PDF AND DIGITAL VERSIONS INCLUDED! There are 243 activity sheets that cover the outcomes in the science curriculum. This comprehensive unit contains readings, hands-on activities, true/false, diagrams, reflections, word searches and more. We’ve presented the material in a variety of text forms, including reports, news articles, blog posts, and stories. There is also a unit test and answer pages for all activities! Check out the preview of this unit to learn more about how it can benefit your students. Some of the concepts that are covered: Classification Systems Activity – Classifying Common Objects Classification System – Living Things Organisms, Species, and Communities What is Biodiversity? Building Biodiversity – Bird Feeders Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores Classifying Organisms Activity – Classify the Animals Plant Classification – Flowering/Non-Flowering Blog Post: Why Do Scientists Classify Living Things? 5 Kingdoms of Living Things Activity – Kingdoms of Life Jeopardy All About Microorganisms – Basic Needs Benefits of Microorganisms and Harmful Microorganisms Microscope Diagram Microscope Parts and Functions Experiment – Microorganisms in Water Biodiversity in Deserts, Forests, Grasslands, and Oceans Animals Living At Each Ocean Depth Biodiversity and Indigenous Groups Classifying Animals – Vertebrates/Invertebrates Experiment – Vertebrates vs Invertebrates Characteristics of Invertebrate Animals Characteristics and Behaviours of Anthropods, Annelids and Molluscs Memory Game: Animal Kingdom Memory Match Arthropod Adaptations Arthropod Features Trivia Cards Characteristics and Behaviours of Birds, Fish, Mammals, Reptiles, and Amphibians Adapting Species and Darwin’s Finches Biodiversity Between Species - Bats Fact or Fiction – Vertebrate Adaptations Challenge Genetic Variation = Evolution Evolution of the Peppered Moth Newspaper Article: Discovering Our Feathered Past Explorers of Life's Diversity Story: The Great Adventure of Discovering Life's Diversity Exit Cards Unit Test – Diversity of Living Things Answer Pages For All Activities This is a comprehensive unit that will save you hours of planning! It has been tested and found effective in helping students achieve the learning outcomes in the science curriculum. Follow Super Simple Sheets for more resources like this one!
Student-led lab stations are a great way to get your kids moving and interacting with content in a variety of fun and engaging ways! Students will learn, interact, and engage with new content about the characteristics of life! These nine stations focus the main characteristics of all living things. All stations are neatly presented, have easy to understand directions, and require minimal prep from you. Engaging and effective stations with minimal prep and execution from you! Topics Covered In This Activity: • Characteristics of Life • Homeostasis • Metabolism • DNA (Heredity) • Cells and Organization • Reproduction • Response to Stimuli • Growth and Development • Evolution Materials: Easy Prep Activity! No other materials other than electronic devices are necessary. Students can use their phones, or you can provide a tablet or laptop to help keep them focused on the assignment. Each stations includes information about each characteristics of life, diagrams, and a link to a video or activity to further investigate each characteristic. This should take your students about 2 50-minutes class periods to complete. What you will receive: - 9 Station Cards with Varied Engaging Activities - Smaller formatted station cards to easily hand out to absent students - Student Answer Sheet - Teacher Guide with Standards and Overview - Answer Key *All files are in PDF format No Prior Knowledge Needed! Use as a learning tool, review, or even a sub plan!
The object of this activity is to sort the objects into living and non-living categories. I was unsure if O would "get" this concept, and I was relieved when she caught on immediately. She seemed to really enjoy this activity!
These five fun and engaging activities will help you teach your students what being a scientist is all about incuding safety, scientific method, and tools.
Our Science Investigation Area has been very popular this week. I set up a provocation with different textured plant cuttings, insects set in resin, plastic insects, books, clipboards and magnifiers. The discussions and learning have been wonderful.
Growing grass seed in a cup for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. A fun planting and growing grass science activity for kids.
These hands on activities are perfect for exploring living and nonliving things with your preschool, kindergarten, or 1st grade students!
