Next Generation Science Level K - Activity Book B

Science for the Next Generation

Science K i n d erg a rt en Activity Book

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Next Generation Science Next Generation Science is based on the United States Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The series consists of full-color textbooks and full-color activity books for Grades K to 6.

Next Generation Science engages students with a highly visual presentation of the disciplinary core ideas in the textbooks and places an emphasis on applying scientific knowledge using NGSS practices through numerous scientific investigations. Next Generation Science sees engineering as an essential element of science education and as such is tightly integrated into both the textbooks and activity books.

The Next Generation Science activity books include the follow features:

AB Activity

Observations

Activity 4.9

the 1. Draw the fish in

Observe a Fish

fish tank.

Materials • fish food

• fish in a fish tank

Activities and investigations related to concepts and topics covered in the Next Generation Science Textbook.

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do when the fish food 2. What did the fish placed in the fish tank?

Procedure

tank. ve the fish in the fish 1. As a class, obser the fish does.

Discuss the things tank. fish food in the fish 2. Place a pinch of ss what the fish does.

Observe and discu

pret Analyze and Inter True (

).

) or false (

The fish moves.

The fish does not need

water.

The fish needs food. .

The fish is a living thing

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Engineer It! Goes beyond inquiry by encouraging students to design, model and build to engineer solutions to defined problems.

Engineer 104It!

Make a Cactus!

Draw a Model Draw a model of your cactus.

Did you know that cacti store water in their stems?

Animals try to eat cacti to get the water inside the stems.

Design and build a cactus that will stop animals from getting to its water.

Materials • art and craft supplies • toothpicks

Analyze and Interpret

What feature does your cactus have that helps protect it from animals?

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Review

Review Topical questions at the end of each chapter for formative assessment.

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Contents Unit 1 – Living Things Around Us

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Unit 2 – Your Body and Senses

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Unit 3 – All About Plants

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Unit 4 – All About Animals

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Unit 5 – Environments

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Activity 1.1

What Are Living Things?

1. Check the living things.

Cross the non-living things.

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2. Go into your schoolyard.

Draw two living things.

Name each living thing you draw.

Living Thing 1

Living Thing 2

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Activity 1.2

What Things Do Animals Need?

1. Match the animals to the food they eat.

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2. Draw and name an animal that eats plants.

3. Draw and name an animal that eats other animals.

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4. Match the animals to the place they live.

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5. Draw a home for each animal.

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Activity 1.3

Caring for a Pet 1. Circle the pet you would like to care for.

cat rabbit hamster lizard 2. Draw a picture to show how you will care for your pet.

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3. What do pets need to live and grow?

Use the words in the box to help you. air food water shelter

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Activity 1.4

The Needs of Plants 1. Match the words to show the needs of plants.

sunlight

water

air

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2. Draw the things the young plant needs.

3. What will happen to a plant if it does not get the things it needs?

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Activity 1.5

What Things Do People Need?

Write a sentence to tell the things people need to live and grow. Use the photographs to help you.

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2.

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3.

4.

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Engineer It!

Build an Animal Home

Sophie and Chelsea have a pet snail. Help design and build a home for their snail. Show how the home gives the snail all the things it needs.

What things will you use to make the shelter?

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Draw a Model

What things does the shelter provide for the snail?

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Activity 1.6

How Do Animals Move?

Use the words in the box to describe how the animals move. run crawl swim slide fly 1. 2.

3. 4.

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5. 6.

7. 8.

9. 10.

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Activity 1.7

Living Things Reproduce and Grow 1. Match the adult animals to their young.

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2. Draw pictures to show how you grow and change.

1 year old

4 years old

10 years old

20 years old

3. How do people change as they grow?

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Activity 1.8

Alike and Different 1. Tell how these cacti are alike and how they are different.

How they are alike ...

How they are different ...

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2. Tell how these lions are alike and how they are different.

How they are alike ...

How they are different ...

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Activity 1.9

Is It a Living or Non-living Thing?

Check the boxes.

Write ‘living’ or ‘non-living’.

1.

Needs air: Needs water: Eats or makes food: Moves by itself: Has young: Grows:

An airplane is a 2.

thing.

Needs air: Needs water: Eats or makes food: Moves by itself: Has young: Grows:

A sunflower plant is a

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thing.

3.

A mouse is a 4.

A frog is a

Needs air: Needs water: Eats or makes food: Moves by itself: Has young: Grows: thing.

Needs air: Needs water: Eats or makes food: Moves by itself: Has young: Grows: thing.

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Review

Living Things Around Us 1. Use the words in the box to compare the needs of animals, people and plants. air food water sunlight (a) List three things animals and people need.

(b) List three things plants need.

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2. How do plants get food?

3. How do animals get food?

4. True (

) or false (

).

(a) A plant is a living thing. (b) Plants eat other plants for food. (c) Non-living things grow and change. (d) Living things move. (e) Non-living things need air and food. (f) Water is a living thing. (g) People need a place to live.

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Activity 2.1

What Are the Parts of Your Body?

1. Match.

arm

hand

chest

head

stomach

foot

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leg

neck

2. Write the body parts the children use.

Riley and Ethan throw a ball.

Wyatt and Jordan kick a football.

Chelsea and Sophie are doing cartwheels.

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Activity 2.2

What Are the Parts of Your Face?

1. Match.

1 2 3

4

5 7

6 8

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eye

nose

forehead

mouth

chin

ear

cheek

neck

hair

2. Write the face parts the children are using.

Halle is smelling a bowl of soup.

Keira is listening to music.

Sophie and Riley are eating lunch.

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Activity 2.3

Your Five Senses 1. Use the words in the box to label the sense organs. eye nose ear tongue skin

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2. Use the words in the box to label the senses. taste smell touch hearing sight

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Activity 2.4

Your Sense of Sight 1. Draw a picture of a flower.

Close your eyes and try to draw another flower.

Color the picture that you like more.

2. How did your senses help you to draw the first picture?

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3. Go to your schoolyard.

Draw two things you can see.

Write two words to describe what you see.

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Activity 2.5

Your Sense of Hearing 1. Circle the things you can hear.

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2. Close your eyes.

Listen to the secret sound made by your teacher.

Draw what you think made each sound.

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Activity 2.6

Your Sense of Smell 1. Circle the things you can smell.

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2. Close your eyes.

Smell the object given to you by your teacher.

Draw what you think the object is.

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Activity 2.7

Your Sense of Taste 1. Circle the things you can taste.

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2. Draw something that tastes sweet.

What did you draw?

3. Draw something that tastes salty.

What did you draw?

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Activity 2.8

Jelly Bean Taste Test!

Materials • blindfold

• paper plates

• jelly beans

Procedure 1. Sort the jelly beans by color.

2. Put on the blindfold and have your friend give you a jelly bean. Taste the jelly bean and guess the flavor.

3. Repeat Step 2 until you have tasted all the jelly bean flavors.

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Observations Jelly Bean (color)

Flavor I Guessed

Actual Flavor

Analyze and Interpret What can you infer about your sense of taste?

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Activity 2.9

Your Sense of Touch Materials • blindfold

• paper bag • small objects

Procedure 1. Your teacher will place some small objects in a paper bag.

2. Put on the blindfold. Reach into the bag and use your sense of touch to feel the objects.

Can you guess what each object is?

3. Record your observations.

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Observations Object (draw)

Object (name)

Small (4)

Big (4)

Soft (4)

Hard (4)

Analyze and Interpret What can you infer about your sense of touch?

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Activity 2.10

Using Your Senses 1. Draw a picture to show which sense organ you would use.

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2. Tell how you use your senses.

Things I can see ...

Things I can taste ...

Things I can feel ...

Things I can hear ...

Things I can smell ...

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Activity 2.11

Keeping Active Diary Draw and write one way you are active each day during the week.

Monday

Tuesday

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Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

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Activity 2.12

Staying Healthy Use the pictures to tell the different things you can do to stay healthy.

1.

2.

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3.

4.

5.

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Review

Your Body and Senses 1. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences. nose legs ears eyes hands

(a) I use my

to walk.

(b) I use my

to smell.

(c) I use my

to draw.

(d) I use my

to see.

(e) I use my

to hear.

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2. True (

) or false (

).

(a) People have five senses.

(b) Your eyes help you to hear. (c) You taste with your mouth and tongue. (d) You feel with your sense of touch. (e) Your sense of smell helps you to see.

3. Write four ways you can stay healthy.

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Activity 3.1

Plants Around Our School Materials • hand lens

• notebook and pencil

Procedure 1. In small groups, go into your schoolyard and observe the plants around you.

2. Use the hand lens to closely observe the parts of two plants. Record your observations on the next page.

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Observations Draw and label the plants you observed.

Plant 1

Plant 2

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Analyze and Interpret 1. Tell some ways in which the plants you observed were the same.

2. Tell some ways in which the plants you observed were different.

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Activity 3.2

Build a Plant Cut out the different plant parts on page 137.

Paste them below to build a plant.

My Plant

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Activity 3.3

What Are the Parts of a Plant?

1. Draw lines to label the parts of the plant.

leaf

roots

flower

stem 56

2.

Color the leaves green.

Color the stem yellow.

Draw flowers on the plant. Color them blue.

Draw roots on the plant. Color them brown.

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Activity 3.4

Observing the Parts of a Plant Materials • hand lens

• pot plant

Procedure 1. Use the hand lens to observe the leaves and the stem.

2. Gently pull the plant from the soil. Use the hand lens to observe the roots.

3. Draw a model of the plant on the next page.

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Draw a Model raw a model of the plant.

D Use the words in the box to label the plant parts. stem roots leaves

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Activity 3.5

Observing Leaves Materials • hand lens

• notebook and pencil

Procedure 1. In small groups, go into your schoolyard and observe different leaves using your senses of sight and touch.

2. Use the hand lens to closely observe the leaves.

Record your observations on the next page.

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Observations Draw the leaves you observed.

Leaf 1

Leaf 2

Leaf 3

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Analyze and Interpret 1. Tell some ways that the leaves you observed were the same.

2. Tell some ways that the leaves you observed were different.

3. True (

) or false (

).

(a) Leaves can be of different shapes. (b) All leaves are the same size. (c) All leaves are the same color.

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Activity 3.6

Observing Flowers Materials • hand lens

• notebook and pencil

Procedure In small groups, go into your schoolyard and use a hand lens to observe different flowers.

Record your observations on the next page.

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Observations Draw and describe two flowers you observed.

Flower 1

Flower 2

Analyze and Interpret 1. How were the flowers the same?

2. How were the flowers different?

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Activity 3.7

Plant Parts Salad 1. As a class, make a list of some plant parts you can eat.

Plant Part

Food

Roots

Stem

Leaves

Flowers

Fruit

Seeds

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2. Use the food you listed on the previous page to draw a plant parts salad. Label the different parts.

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Activity 3.8

What Do Plants Need?

1. Circle the things plants need to live and grow.

air sandwich salad

sunlight water

milk

soil and nutrients 67

2. Complete the sentences.

Plants need

.

Plants need

.

Plants need 68

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Activity 3.9

Growing Plants from Seeds Materials • seeds

• cotton wool

• dish

• s pray bottle • ruler filled with water

Procedure 1. Place the cotton wool in the dish. Spray the cotton wool with water.

2. Place about 10 seeds on the cotton wool. Place the dish near a window.

3. Observe the seedlings for 10 days. Use the spray bottle with water to make sure the growing seedlings have enough water.

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Observations Draw and write the height of the seedlings.

Day:

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Day:

Day:

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Day:

Analyze and Interpret 1. Tell how the seedlings changed.

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2. Order the pictures (1 to 4)

to show how a plant grows.

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Review

All About Plants 1. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences. stem sunlight seeds water grow

(a) Roots take in

(b) The

.

holds up the plant.

(c) Leaves take in

.

(d) Plants grow from

.

(e) When a seed gets the things it needs it will start to

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.

2. True (

) or false (

).

(a) Leaves make food for the plant.

(b) All plants have flowers and fruits. (c) Plants need air, sunlight and water.

3. Write two ways people use plants.

4. What will happen to a plant if it does not get the things it needs?

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Activity 4.1

Animals in the Schoolyard Materials • hand lens

• notebook and pencil

Procedure In small groups, go into your schoolyard and find two small animals. Use a hand lens to observe them closely. Record your observations.

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Animal 1

Animal 2

Analyze and Interpret 1. How were the animals the same?

2. How were the animals different?

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Activity 4.2

Name the Animals 1. Use the words in the box to name the animals. cow sheep horse chicken

Where do these animals live? Check the box.

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2. Use the words in the box to name the animals. frog fish butterfly duck

Where do these animals live? Check the box.

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3. Use the words in the box to name the animals. squirrel bear owl deer

Where do these animals live? Check the box.

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4. Use the words in the box to name the animals. lion giraffe zebra meerkat

Where do these animals live? Check the box.

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Activity 4.3

Animal Body Parts Draw lines to match the body parts to the animals.

Complete the sentence.

1.

wing

eye

beak

tail

A parakeet flies with its 2. leg

. eye

mouth body

A frog jumps with its 82

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3. tail ear

nose

leg

A lion walks and runs with its 4.

ear

wing

A bat

.

mouth

foot

with its wings.

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5. mouth ear body

claw

A koala eats with its

.

6. eye beak wing body

A penguin 84

with its wings.

7.

mouth

gills

A shark 8.

tail

claw

A crocodile

fin

body

with its tail and fins.

body

mouth

with its eyes.

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Activity 4.4

Where Animals Live 1. Match the animals to their homes.

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2. Match the animals to their homes.

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3. Draw and write the place each animal lives.

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Activity 4.5

Needs of Animals 1. Riley and her sister have a pet lizard. (a) Draw and label the things they should put in the lizard’s container.

(b) Tell why Riley put some holes in the lid.

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2. Draw or paste a photograph of an animal.

Tell how it gets the things it needs.

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Activity 4.6

How Animals Move 1. Circle the animals that fly.

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2. Circle the animals that swim.

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3. Circle the animals that walk or run.

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4. Circle the animals that jump or hop.

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Activity 4.7

Animal Charades!

Use these animals to play ‘Animal Charades’.

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Play this game in small groups.

Choose an animal from the photographs.

Act out your animal to your classmates.

You cannot speak or make noises.

Have your classmates guess your animal.

The player who guesses correctly acts out the next animal.

Are you an ostrich?

Player’s Name

No, You’re an elephant!

My Guess

Animal

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Activity 4.8

Animal Body Coverings 1. Match the animals to their body coverings.

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2. Circle the animals with hair or fur.

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3. Circle the animals with feathers.

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4. Circle the animals with scales or plates.

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Activity 4.9

Animals and Their Young 1. Match the animals to their young.

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2. Match the young animals to their parents.

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Activity 4.10

Observe a Fish Materials • f ish in a fish tank

• fish food

Procedure 1. As a class, observe the fish in the fish tank.

Discuss the things the fish does.

2. Place a pinch of fish food in the fish tank.

Observe and discuss what the fish does.

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Observations 1. Draw the fish in the fish tank.

2. What did the fish do when the fish food was placed in the fish tank?

Analyze and Interpret True (

) or false (

).

(a) The fish moves. (b) The fish does not need water. (c) The fish needs food. (d) The fish is a living thing.

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Review

All About Animals 1. List two animals that live in the ocean.

2. List two animals that live in forests.

3. Match the animals to how they move. hop

run

swim

fly 106

4. True (

) or false (

).

(a) Animals need air, food and water.

(b) Animals make their own food. (c) All animals eat plants for food.

5. List two ways plants are similar to animals.

6. List two ways animals are different from plants.

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Activity 5.1

My Home 1. Draw two different rooms in your home.

Tell how you use each room.

Room:

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Room:

2. How does your home help you to stay safe?

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Activity 5.2

Plants and Animals Around Me Materials • color pencils

• notebook

Procedure 1. Visit a place near your home or school where plants and animals live.

2. Draw the environment and the plants and animals you find.

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Draw a Model Draw a model of the place you visited.

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Analyze and Interpret 1. What things did the place provide to the plants and animals living there?

2. What would happen to the plants and animals if there was no water or food?

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Engineer It!

Design an Animal Home Five new animals have arrived at the City Zoo. Design a new home for one of the animals.

Procedure 1. Choose one animal.

2. With a classmate, talk about the place where the animal lives in the wild.

3. Draw a model to show the animal’s home in the zoo. Include all the things the animal needs.

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Draw a Model Draw a model of the animal’s new home.

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Analyze and Interpret What things did you put in the animal home. Why?

Application How is your animal home similar to the place the animal lives in the wild?

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Activity 5.3

Rainforest Plants and Animals 1. Cut out the photograph of a rainforest on page 139 and paste it here.

2. Write some words to describe a rainforest.

3. Why are there so many plants and animals in rainforests?

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4. Circle the animals that live in rainforests.

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Activity 5.4

All About Toucans!

1. Use the words in the box to label the parts of a toucan. tail foot bill wing eye

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2. Write two interesting things about toucans.

3. What do toucans eat?

4. How do toucans move about?

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Activity 5.5

Grassland Plants and Animals 1. Cut out the photograph of a grassland on page 139 and paste it here.

2. Write some words to describe a grassland.

3. List two animals that live in grasslands.

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4. Circle the animals that live in grasslands.

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Activity 5.6

Desert Plants and Animals 1. Cut out the photograph of a desert on page 139 and paste it here.

2. Write some words to describe a desert.

3. Why do few plants and animals live in deserts?

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4. Circle the animals that live in deserts.

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Engineer It!

Make a Cactus!

Did you know that cacti store water in their stems?

Animals try to eat cacti to get the water inside the stems.

Design and build a cactus that will stop animals from getting to its water.

Materials • art and craft supplies • toothpicks

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Draw a Model Draw a model of your cactus.

Analyze and Interpret What feature does your cactus have that helps protect it from animals?

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Activity 5.7

Life in the Ocean 1. Draw animals in the ocean.

2. Write some words to describe the ocean.

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3. Circle the animals that live in oceans.

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Activity 5.8

Tundra Plants and Animals 1. Draw a picture of a tundra.

2. Write some words to describe a tundra.

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3. Check the animals that live in tundras.

Cross the animals that do not live in tundras.

4. Why are there not many living things in a tundra?

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Activity 5.9

People, Plants and Animals 1. Draw a model to show a place where people, plants and animals live together. Write the name of the place you chose.

2. Draw arrows to show how people, plants and animals help each other to survive.

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3. What things do people, plants and animals get from the place they live?

People

Plants

Animals

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Engineer It!

The Deserted Island!

1. You just bought a deserted island. Now it is time to build your home. Remember to include all the things you will need to survive!

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2. Use the words in the box to label your model. food air water shelter

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Review

Our Environments 1. Use the words in the box to describe each place. desert rainforest tundra ocean grassland (a)

(b)

(c)

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(d)

(e)

2. Write where each animal lives. (a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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Cut out the plant parts and paste them on page 55.

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Cut out the environments and paste them on pages 116, 120 and 122.

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Notes

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