🔬 Kindergarten Science · Unit 3

Living Things and Their Needs

15 short narrated lessons in 3 chapters, each with pictures, a quiz with a hint and a second try, and an explanation for every answer.

Standards: K-LS1-1 K-ESS3-1 K-ESS2-2

Kindergarten Science · 4 units

What your child will learn

Living and NonlivingCompare living things, which grow and need food and water, with nonliving things like rocks.
Animals Need FoodExplain that animals, including people, need food to live and grow.
Everyone Needs WaterExplain that plants and animals all need water to stay alive.
Plants Need LightExplain that plants need light and water to grow, and do not need to eat food like animals do.
Different Animals, Different FoodsCompare animals that eat plants, animals that eat other animals and animals that eat both.
Living Things Need Review ReviewReview what plants and animals need to live: food, water, light and air.

Homes for AnimalsDescribe animal homes such as nests, burrows, ponds and trees.
Living Where Needs Are MetExplain that plants and animals live in places that give them the food, water and shelter they need.
People Need Nature TooDescribe how people get water, food and wood from the places where they live.
Where Living Things Live: Review ReviewReview how plants, animals and people live in places that meet their needs.

Squirrels Dig and BuryDescribe how squirrels dig holes in the ground to hide nuts.
Beavers Build DamsExplain how beavers cut trees and build dams that change the way water flows.
Roots Can Crack SidewalksDescribe how growing plant roots can push up and crack sidewalks and rocks.
People Change the LandDescribe how people change the land by building houses, roads and farms.
Changing Their World Review ReviewReview examples of how plants, animals and people change the places where they live.

From the lesson “Living and Nonliving”

Which one is living?

Show the answer

[object Object]. A frog is alive, so it grows and needs food and water.

Hint kids see after a wrong try: “Look for the one that grows and eats.”

Narrated lessons, pictures and quizzes for every grade from K to 8. Works offline.