● Standards

○ K-L-S1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals

(including humans) need to survive.
○ K-ESS3-1: Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of
different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
○ K-ESS3-3: Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the
land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.*
● Day 1
○ Concept: Living or nonliving
■ It’s Alive! Biology for kids (4:51)
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy60BqCnTG4
■ Gynzy: Living and nonliving
● Pages 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11
● Day 2
○ Concept: Plant vs. animal needs
■ The Needs of Plants (2:43)
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIRR-VdIP1M
■ The Needs of an animal (4:00)
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8XOFeMLyRk&t=30s
■ Venn Diagram (Plants, animals, both) Need to make
● Day 3
○ Concept: Herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore
■ Video: Herbivores carnivores and omnivores. Animals and what they eat.
(2:57)
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9JKuL1hCK8
■ Gynzy: herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore
● Pages 7, 8, 9
● Day 4
○ Concept: How plants and animals change their environment
■ Mystery Science: beavers (Approximately 15 minutes total)
■ Discuss how we have changed our environment (roads, buildings, etc…)
■ Draw a picture on how a plant or animal changes the environment???
● Day 5:
○ Concept: Habitat
■ X-ray activity
● Give kids a picture of an animal and the x rays will be on the
board. We will as a class match the x-rays to the pictures.
● I will then ask students to draw a picture of where their animal
live
● Day 6:
 ○ Concept: habitat
■ Video: Habitats: What is a habitat? (5:45)
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrSWYE37MJs
■ Gynzy: Where different animals live
● Pages 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
● Day 7: The environment
○ Ask students how they think humans impact the environment
○ Video: How to take care of the environment (4:41)
■ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=belXC_IoW4o
○ Gynzy: How to take care of the environment
■ Pages 8, 10, 11, 12
○ Draw picture of them helping the environment

Supports:
● How animals change environment video:
○ K Science: How do plants and animals change their environment? (10:04)
■ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CypcIilK6as
● Teddy bear detectives: Mystery of the lost logs