What Living Things Need
Understand what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive: water, food, air, and suitable conditions
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Compare the needs of animals and green plants without depriving a living thing.
Can attend to a short explanation and respond orally, by pointing, drawing or writing; check relevant prerequisite understanding rather than assuming age proves readiness.
Check readiness rather than assuming age or source graph order establishes attainment.
Prepared passage, worksheet materials are available in each step.
Open the teaching material first. Keep the adult key and check sheet separate until their named stage. No printing, purchase or external media is required for the supplied adapted text tasks.
Discussion only; no withholding food, air, water, sleep, warmth or shelter from living things.
Only record a real observation after the activity is actually carried out safely; otherwise mark not carried out.
Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.
What this lesson covers and its limits
These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.
- partial: Understand what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive: water, food, air, and suitable conditions
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using repeated-application evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
- partial: List the basic needs of animals: water, food, air, shelter
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using repeated-application evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
- partial: List the basic needs of plants: water, light, air, suitable temperature
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using repeated-application evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
- partial: Explain what happens if one basic need is missing (e.g. 'the plant wilts without water')
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using repeated-application evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
- partial: If you ask {{name}} what a pet dog or a garden plant needs to stay alive, can they list the basic things like water, food, and air?
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using repeated-application evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
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Compare the needs of animals and green plants without depriving a living thing.
Compare the needs of animals and green plants without depriving a living thing.
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Check understanding
- List the basic needs of animals: water, food, air, shelter
- List the basic needs of plants: water, light, air, suitable temperature
- Explain what happens if one basic need is missing (e.g. 'the plant wilts without water')
“If you ask your child what a pet dog or a garden plant needs to stay alive, can they list the basic things like water, food, and air?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Organisms & Life Processes
- Age range
- Ages 5–7
Standards