NEEDS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS
Big Ideas:
• Living things grow, take in food to create energy, make waste, and reproduce.
• Plants and animals, including people, are living things.
• Living things have basic needs (air, water, food, and shelter) that are met from the environment.
• Different kinds of living things behave in different ways.
• All living things are important and should be treated with care and respect.
EXPECTATIONS
1. assess the role of humans in maintaining a healthy environment;
2. investigate needs and characteristics of plants and animals, including humans;
3. demonstrate an understanding of the basic needs and characteristics of plants and animals, including humans.
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Email: vlc@ucdsb.on.ca
Some experiments to try in your class or at home!
Visit your public library or pay a visit to your school's learning commons to see if they have these or similar books.
Life of a Grasshopper by 
Plants Need Sunlight by 
Life Cycles by 
Do You Know about Mammals? by 
Mind Mapping Tools for You:
Kidspiration software
Don't forget the kidspiration software found on all UCDSB computers. This program is for visual learning:
graphic organizers, concept mapping, mind mapping, outlining, webbing, and plots and graphs.
Pixie 3 Software
Pixie is creativity software elementary students can use to share their learning through text, original artwork, voice, and images. It can be found on all UCDSB computers!
