Grades 4-6 Life Science Video II

The Life Science video for grades 4-6 helps teachers cover the topics of classification of protists, animals, humans and ecosystems. The video includes a printed outline with lesson plans, observational activities and experiements.

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 observation from the "Life Science 4-6" section of the teacher handbook.

Grades: 4-6, Running Time: 1 hr. 45 min. Format: VHS. Copyright: 1986.
Includes: Printed teaching outline.

ORDER 4-6 Life Science II video + teaching outline here.