T H A N

T H E R
N GS O L S
G T H I N I MA
LIV I N AN D A
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Are these also plants?
Objectives
In this activity, you will:

1. observe life forms other than those you studied from Grades 3 through 6,
2. use a magnifying lens to observe them,
3. share what you know about these life forms with classmates and groupmates, and
4. compare them with known living things studied in Grades 3 to 6.

Science LM pp. 94-97

ACTIVITY 2:
What other living things are found in the school grounds?
Objectives
In this activity, you will:
1. hunt for life forms that are doubtfully plants
2. collect specimens of these life forms,
3. observe these life forms using a magnifying lens,
4. describe/draw them,
5. describe their habitats,
6. infer their needs,
7. compare with others observed in the previous activity, and
8. group together those that have similarities.

Science LM pp. 98-99

Activity 3
What do these living things look like under the microscope?

Objectives
In this activity, you will:
1. prepare slides of the growths on old banana peeling, and/or bread mold, lumot, and the bacterial
colony you saw in Activities 1 and 2,
2. observe these living things using a microscope,
3. draw and describe these living things, and
4. be able to label the parts and describe the function of these parts based on reference photographs
or drawings and library/internet research.

Science LM pp. 100-101