Living Things Unit | Science Lessons & Student Workbook | Grades K-2

Looking for a complete, low-prep science unit on Living Things? This engaging resource includes 10 explicit science lessons and an 18-page student workbook designed to help students investigate the characteristics, needs and habitats of living things through hands-on learning, discussion and observation.

Perfect for Foundation, Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2 and Grade 1 classrooms, this unit follows an explicit teaching model and is packed with meaningful learning experiences that encourage curiosity about the natural world.

This resource includes:

10 detailed lesson plans featuring:

• Engage, I Do, We Do, You Do and Reflection
• Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
• Resource lists
• Discussion questions
• Curriculum links
• Low-prep teaching ideas

18-page student workbook featuring:

• Living and non-living activities
• Characteristics of living things
• Needs vs wants
• Animal habitats
• Habitat matching activity
• Habitat comparison Venn diagram
• Habitat Hunt observation page
• Seed investigation journal
• Plant prediction activities
• Class pet observation page
• Living things tally hunt
• Helpful or harmful sorting
• Habitat design challenge
• Living Things word wall

Students will learn to:

✔ Identify living and non-living things

✔ Describe the characteristics of living things

✔ Explain what living things need to survive

✔ Investigate different habitats

✔ Observe living things in their local environment

✔ Explore how living things grow and change

✔ Understand how plants meet their needs

✔ Recognise why habitats are important

✔ Design suitable habitats for living things

Perfect for:

• Science lessons
• Whole-class explicit teaching
• Inquiry learning
• Independent work
• Small groups
• Fast finishers
• Relief teacher lessons
• Science rotations

This resource aligns with the NSW Science and Technology syllabus (ST1-LIV-01) and can easily be adapted for other Australian Curriculum or international primary science classrooms.