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Science · Ages 5–8 · 15 minutes

Life Cycle: What Does It Need?

Children pair safe, basic needs with a growing plant or animal stage without treating every living thing’s care as identical.

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Life Cycle: What Does It Need?

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Today I am practising: connecting basic needs to a life-cycle stage

1

Match a sprout with water and light.

2

Match a caterpillar with food from its habitat.

3

Circle a safe shelter need for a chick.

4

Draw one resource an adult plant needs.

5

Explain why a living thing’s needs can change as it grows.

6

Tell an adult one need you would check before observing a living thing.

Grown-up guide
  1. Use broad needs such as water, food, shelter, and suitable conditions rather than giving pet-care instructions.
  2. Clarify that wildlife should be observed without removing it from its habitat.
  3. Ask children to connect a need to a stage, not to memorize a single list.