Traits of Living Things

It's alive! Or is it? Through a series of shared readings, whole class activities, and independent exercises children explore the difference between living and non-living things, creating a pair of printable books to demonstrate their...

Help build young scholars' understanding of living things with the tools provided in this comprehensive life science resource. Including a total of nine lessons that cover topics ranging from plant and animal life cycles to heredity and...

At first glance, grassland ecosystems might seem dull and uninteresting, but once you start to explore it's amazing the things you'll find! Through this series of engaging lessons, activities, and experiments, elementary students examine...

Students explore characteristics of living things. In this characteristics of living things lesson, students investigate characteristics of living things on a farm. Students classify living things from a picture into three different groups.

There are not many plants and animals that can survive the cold, harsh conditions of the tundra. This collection of activities and reading passages helps young scientists understand the unique characteristics that allow these amazing...

Students classify sets of pictures into the 5 kingdom categories of living things. In this kingdoms lesson plan, students identify examples and sort each kingdom of living things.

Explore soil, genetic traits, natural resources, and pollution in a series of lessons that focus on biodiversity. Kids complete experiments to learn more about the importance of varied genes and organisms in an ecosystem.

First graders find examples of living things by exploring a number of Internet sites. They investigate why these examples are labeled as being alive. They design a poster and a multimedia slide that gives three points of evidence that...

Students examine the traits and characteristics of living things. They view a slideshow, explore various websites, complete a worksheet, create a plant poster, and in small groups develop a computer slideshow.

Learners explore animal classifications. In this Science lesson, students classify animals within a zoo. Learners make a presentation about an animal from the zoo.