Life and Living

 

1.1 Students discuss their thinking about needs of living things.

1.2 Students group living things in different ways based on observable features.

Needs of living things:

·         animals — food, water, air (oxygen), shelter, suitable temperature

·         plants — air (oxygen, carbon dioxide), water, nutrients, sunlight, suitable temperature

Grouping of living versus non-living based on:

·         growth, movement, respiration, sensitivity, reproduction, excretion, nutrition

Grouping of animals versus plants based on:

·         method of obtaining food; method of obtaining air (oxygen)

Grouping of plants and animals based on:

·         body covering, type and number of limbs, method of feeding, type of skeleton

·         flowers, cones, leaves, woody, herbaceous, height

1.3 Students observe and describe components of familiar environments.

 

Components of the environment:

·         living parts — plants and animals

·         physical parts —  water, air, light, temperature

·         features —  soil types, rocks, rivers, lakes, forests, deserts, mountains, scrub, fields

Different types of environment:

·         aquatic and terrestrial

·         rainforest — many different animals and plants; humid; low light

·         arid — dry; high light; little water

·         city — buildings; numerous people

·         agricultural — single type of plant in a crop