Living Things

In this episode, Eric uses a hula-hoop to count and catalog all the creatures he finds in that space! Biodiversity represents the variety of living things in any ecosystem - including in your own backyard!

The What is an Insect? e-book explores the amazing world of insects while showing the characteristics and diversity of insects.

Students develop their observation and comparing and contrasting skills as they explore the size of dinosaurs.

Students will use observing and sorting & classifying skills to learn that dinosaurs are extinct animals that share common characteristics.

Plants have specific needs - light, air, water, nutrients, and space - to survive and reproduce.

Different members of a species can have different traits. You can see this in a species found at your local pet store - guppies!

Ever wondered why we have two eyes (and not one, three or more)? Find how your two eyes work together in this hands-on activity.

Students will learn about and explore the properties of sound through activity centres.

Students develop and apply observing, comparing & contrasting and predicting skills as they explore the properties of common liquids and solids.

Students develop and apply the skills of observing, comparing, contrasting, sorting and classifying, to investigate how seeds move from place to place.

5 images representing the senses of hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and touching

Students develop and apply the skills of observing, comparing & contrasting, and communicating as they explore life cycles of familiar plants.

6 images of some seedlings sprouting as one of the stages towards full plant growth