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What Living Things Need
CONCEPTUALUnderstand what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive: water, food, air, and suitable conditions
Mastery Evidence
- List the basic needs of animals: water, food, air, shelter
- List the basic needs of plants: water, light, air, suitable temperature
- Explain what happens if one basic need is missing (e.g. 'the plant wilts without water')
Assessment Prompt
“If you ask [child] what a pet dog or a garden plant needs to stay alive, can they list the basic things like water, food, and air?”
Curriculum Standards3 alignments
K-LS1-1Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) K-5codes onlyStandard code — full text not included in this dataset.
Y2.Sci.A.2The national curriculum in EnglandBasic needs for survival
find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air)
Science · Key Stage 1
Y2.Sci.P.2The national curriculum in EnglandPlant needs for growth
find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy
Science · Key Stage 1
Prerequisites3
- Common Plants & TreessoftAges 5—6
- Living Things VocabularysoftAges 5—7
- Naming Common AnimalssoftAges 5—6
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- Living Things Vocabulary soft
Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
Unlocks7
- Seeds & Plant GrowthhardAges 6—7
- What Plants Need to GrowhardAges 6—8
- Habitats & Basic NeedshardAges 6—8
- Animal NutritionhardAges 7—8
- Plants and animals in their habitatshardAges 5—6
- Animal Life StagessoftAges 6—7
- How Organisms Shape HabitatshardAges 5—6