Kindergartners learn that all living things — people, animals, and plants — need certain things to live and grow: food, water, air, a home, and sunlight.
Students will be able to…
You need food and water to grow big and strong — and so do animals and plants! What do all living things need to stay alive?
Project this and tap each thing living things need. Have children learn about food, water, air, home, and sunlight!
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
You need food and water to grow — what do animals and plants need?
Children investigate.
Children explain.
Children elaborate.
Children conclude.
Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (Kindergarten / Early Elementary Science).
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals need to survive.
Use a model to represent where animals and plants live to meet their needs.
Explore how living things affect their environment.
Analyzing and interpreting data.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have families care for a plant together — giving it water and sunlight — and watch it grow. A printable living-things sheet is in the Science library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.