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