Category Archives: Living Things

Experiment with Living Things

Living Things Science Experiment: Plants at school

Collect leaves and seed pods from different types of plants and categorise them by making a classroom display. An experiment about living things:  Plants at school What you will need: • a large piece of paper and pens • notepads – one per group • 3 plastic bags per group...

Living Things Science Experiment: Do plants eat?

Do plants eat?  You may be surprised by the answer.  Of course they don’t have mouths so they can’t eat like we do, but they need to get their nutrients to grow somehow – in this living things experiment you’ll find out how. A living things science experiment – Do...

Living Things Science Experiment: Plants or animals

This living things experiment allows your students to carefully observe plants and animals and really consider how they are alike and different, even those aspects they may have previously taken for granted. An experiment about Living Things:  Plants and Animals What you will do: 1. Your teacher is going to...

Living Things Science Experiment: Classifying Animals

An introduction to classifying animals by looking at simple differences between common animals. What you will need: • a variety of different animals real, toys, pictures • chart paper and pens What you will do: 1. Your teacher is going to place the different animals around the room, and you are going...

Living Things Science Experiment – Collecting and observing animals

Build suitable habitats for animals and collect specimens to observe in the classroom. Monster Sciences Living Things Experiment:  Collecting and observing animals What you will need: • jars with lid • paintbrushes • notepaper and pencil • magnifying glass (optional) • camera (optional) • materials to construct habitats What you...

Living Things Science Experiment: Animals’ Needs

Investigate what animals need to live and thrive, not just pets but other living things in our environment too. Monster Sciences Living Things Experiment: What do animals need? What you will need: • old magazines • scissors • glue What you will do: Think about the kinds of animals you...

Living Things Science Experiment: Was it ever alive?

Can your students assess what every day items are made of and whether that material was once part of a living thing? What you will need: • paper and pencil to record your answers • a collection of non-living things What you will do: In a small group you are...

Living Things Science Experiment – What’s Alive Outside?

Explore your surrounds and find out what is alive – there might be a great deal more than you think! A Monster Sciences experiment about Living Things: What’s alive outside? What you will need: paper and pencil to record your answers What you will do: You are going to go...

Living Things Science Experiment – What is alive?

An introductory activity to the Living Things topic which helps children to assess and explain the differences between living and non living things. Living Things Science Experiment – What is Alive?   Get this experiment here or as part of a bundle of Living Things Experiments here....