How Do Living Things Form Communities?

Young readers learn how to use the features of informational texts, such as the contents page and chapter title, to help them in reading these kinds of texts. For this lesson, they practice this strategy while reading the book Amazing...

Young scholars understand how living things get energy from food and where that food comes from. In this energy for living things lesson, students create a food chain. Young scholars use correct vocabulary to describe their food chain.

Is a rock living? How about lima beans? You'll find everything you need for an interactive sorting activity exploring living and non-living things. 

How do plants and animals get their food? Learn about where energy comes from, how animals store energy, and aerobic respiration, in a lesson plan that allows scholars to diagram energy flows. 

Determine your class's prior knowledge about the necessities of life with this pre-assessment for a unit on living things. Learners draw pictures of themselves with all the things they need to live, grow, and survive. These drawings will...

Assess your class's knowledge of the needs of living things with the final lesson in a series. Given a large piece of paper and coloring utensils, young scientists draw a picture of themselves and a plant or animal of their choosing,...

An interesting way of teaching about basic needs of different organisms awaits your fourth graders. Pupils take part in class discussions and demonstrations which should lead to a greater understanding of how to determine basic needs. As...

The relationships within and between ecosystems can be explored. after examining an area for living and non-living things students complete the same examination in the forest ecosystem. Students identify abiotic and biotic elements in an...

A twist on the classic tic-tac-toe game provides students with a great review of living things. Two players must take turns answering questions in different boxes; if a player answers their question correctly, they get to fill in their...

Alive or not? After viewing this presentation, life science learners will know how to answer this question. They are introduced to the seven processes of living systems and the classification hierarchy. Because it only covers...