Life Science 4-6 Part 2 is a video and program for elementary teachers that covers classification of protists, animals, humans and ecosystems. The video comes with a printed outline that includes lesson plans, observational activities and experiments.

Section 1 - Classification / Protists (24 min):

• The classification scheme
• Classification activities
• Protists - fungi, molds, mildew and yeast

Section 2 - Animals (43 min):

• Classroom pets
• Adaptations - natural selection
• Live frog lab
• Goldfish observations
• Fish scales
• Earthworm experiments
• Reproduction
• Life cycles - metamorphosis
• Mealworms, daphnia
• Food chain
• Brine shrimp experiments
• Animal footprints

Section 3 - Humans (23 min):

• Classifying - characteristics
• Using a torso - investigating body systems
• The digestive system
• Reproduction
• Reaction timer
• The eye
• Squeeze power
• Pulse detector
• Teeth and bones
• Investigating carbon dioxide production
• Nutrition - measuring vitamin C

Section 4 - Ecosystems (13 min):

• Animal communities
• Producers, consumers and decomposers
• Food chains and food webs
• Thickness of an egg shell
• Investigating owl pellets

View a sample observational activity from the "Life Science 4-6" section in the teacher handbook.

• Grades: 4-6
• Running Time: 1 hr 45 min
• Includes: VHS video and printed teaching outline
• Copyright: 1986