Needs and Characteristics of Living Things | Grade 1 Science

Description

Do you want a fun and hands-on unit to teach Needs and Characteristics of Living Things? This unit fits into the Understanding life systems curriculum in Ontario and is full of fun and engaging activities for little learners! This resource is designed to print and teach! I have done the thinking, planning and creating for you!!

• This resource contains OVER 25+ PowerPoint slide(s) designed and crafted for EACH lesson to get discussions going and increase student understanding.

• Each lesson shows the curriculum outcomes met with the lesson.

• Extension activities and STEM challenges are provided in appropriate lessons.

• There are over 20 pages of colorful real-life photography posters, vocabulary and word wall cards with graphics for display or pocket charts.

• Worksheets, activities, games, songs crafts, projects, writing prompts, fun sheets and more are just a photocopy away!!

This amazing resource has EVERYTHING you will need to teach your grade, one science class, this unit from start to finish!

Creative lessons and printables included in this resource are:

• Human body parts (outside)
• Human body parts (inside)
• Using the 5 senses to discover your world
• A Healthy Environment – Nutritious food – The four food groups
• Living things – What makes something living and other things non-living?
• Comparing living things – are all plants/animals/humans the same with the same needs?
• The basic needs of living things (plants/animals/people)
• What do you need to survive?
• Caring for a plant
• Caring for an animal
• The dependency of living things upon one another
• Growth and Changes of living things – life cycles of plants/animals/people
• Stages of life (human)
• Parts of Plants
• Types of Plants
• What part of the plant do you eat?
• Caring for the environment, Respecting the environment, Healthy Environments
• Healthy Habits
• Caring for living things
• Losing living things and the repercussions

Buyers have said:

As a first-year teacher, this is exactly what I was looking for! It is straightforward, – no need to try to find expectations that match the content! It’s all there 🙂

There is a page of ALL the curriculum expectations included in this resource.

You will find it will meet:

Outcomes Covered:

1.1 Identify personal action that students themselves can take to help maintain a healthy environment for living things including humans (eg walk to school, careful what they put down a drain)

1.2 describe changes or problems that could result from the loss of some kinds of living things that are part of everyday life (eg; what if we lose all the bees) taking different points of view into consideration

2.1 follow established safety procedures and humane practices during science and technology investigations (show care and concern when handling animals)

2.2 investigate and compare the basic needs of humans and other living things, including the need for air, water, food, warmth, and space, using a variety of methods and resources

2.3 investigate and compare the physical characteristics of a variety of plants and animals, including humans (some produce flowers, some do not, most have roots, some animals have 2 legs, some have 4)

2.4 investigate the physical characteristics of plants (basic parts, size, shape, and color) and explain how they help the plant meet its basic needs (roots anchor the plant and help provide the plant with food and water; some plants have brightly colored flowers to attract bees), using a variety of methods and resources

2.5 investigate the characteristics of parts of the human body, including the five sense organs, and explain how those characteristics help humans meet their needs and explore the world around them

2.6 Use appropriate science and technology vocabulary, including investigation, explore, needs, space, and food in oral and written communication

2.7 use a variety of forms to communicate with a different audience and for a variety of purposes

3.1 identify the environment as the area in which something or someone exists or lives

3.2 identify the physical characteristics (size, shape, color, common parts) of a variety of plants and animals

3.3 Identify the location and function of major parts of the human body, including the sense organs (lungs are for breathing and are in my chest, teeth are for chewing and are in my mouth)

3.4 describe the characteristics of a healthy environment, including clean air and water and nutritious food, and explain why it is important for all living things to have a healthy environment

3.5 describe how showing care and respect for all living things helps to maintain a healthy environment

3.6 identify what living things provide for other living things

3.7 describe how the things plants and animals use to meet their needs are changed by their use and

are returned to the environment in different forms

 

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