Life Science for Young Learners

What makes something alive, what every living thing needs, and things that were once alive.

1. Living or Not Living?
2. What Living Things Need
3. Once Living: Logs, Leaves and Shells
4. Living Things Grow and Change

What plants need, the parts of a plant and their jobs, seeds and how they travel and grow, and the plant parts we eat.

1. What Plants Need
2. Parts of a Plant
3. What Roots Do
4. What Stems and Leaves Do
5. Flowers, Fruits and Seeds
6. Bees, Butterflies and Pollen
7. How Seeds Travel
8. A Seed Starts to Grow
9. The Life Cycle of a Plant
10. Plants Make Their Own Food
11. Plant Parts We Eat

What animals need and eat, body parts that help them, their coverings, how they move, and how parents care for their young.

1. What Animals Need
2. Plant-Eaters, Meat-Eaters and Both
3. Body Parts That Help
4. Fur, Feathers, Scales and Skin
5. How Animals Move
6. Young Animals and Their Parents

Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians and insects: what each group has in common, and how to sort animals into groups.

1. Mammals
2. Birds
3. Fish
4. Reptiles
5. Amphibians
6. Insects
7. Sorting Animals into Groups

Where living things live: forests, deserts, oceans, ponds and icy places, animal homes, and how living things change their surroundings.

1. What Is a Habitat?
2. Forests, Grasslands, Deserts and Icy Places
3. Ponds, Rivers and Oceans
4. Made for Their Home
5. Animal Homes
6. Living Things Change Their Surroundings

Energy starts with the sun: plants make food, animals eat plants or other animals, and decomposers clean up.

1. Energy Starts with the Sun
2. Food Chains
3. Producers and Consumers
4. Decomposers

How a plant, a butterfly, a frog and a chicken hatch or sprout and grow, and how life cycles compare.

1. The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
2. The Life Cycle of a Frog
3. The Life Cycle of a Chicken
4. Comparing Life Cycles

Our five senses, how animals use their senses, and observing like a scientist.

1. Our Five Senses
2. How Animals Use Their Senses
3. Observing Like a Scientist

How trees and animals change with the seasons: leaves, migration, hibernation and getting ready for winter.

1. Trees Through the Seasons
2. Animals in Winter
3. Getting Ready for Winter

Taking care of a pet, a plant and the wild places around us.

1. Caring for a Pet
2. Caring for a Plant
3. Caring for Nature