--- title: K-LS1-2 (MA) description: K-LS1-2 (MA) Recognize that all plants and animals grow and change over time. image: https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/Right%20Image.png --- [![Teacher Login](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/347944/f56bee57-133e-4975-8055-799f1f23588b.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/347944/f56bee57-133e-4975-8055-799f1f23588b) [Teacher Login](https://app.knowatom.com/signin) [![KnowAtom Logo](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/KnowAtom%20Logo.svg "KnowAtom Logo")](https://www.knowatom.com/) # K-LS1-2 (MA) Recognize that all plants and animals grow and change over time. 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They begin by exploring what makes something a living thing, and then investigate what plants and animals need to survive. To begin their study of life science, students make observations and construct explanations about those observations to explore the characteristics that all living things have in common. ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/kindergarten-science/characteristics-of-living-things) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/kindergarten-science/characteristics-of-living-things) [![](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/image3-2.png) ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/kindergarten-science/living-nonliving-once-living) ## [Living, Nonliving, and Once-Living In Unit 2 of Kindergarten, students explore characteristics of living things and investigate what plants and animals need to survive. They will also discover plant and animal life cycles, and learn about habitats. This page is a high-level extract from lesson two, where students use patterns of shared characteristics to help them sort photos of different things into groups according to whether they are living, once-living, or nonliving.](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/kindergarten-science/living-nonliving-once-living) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/kindergarten-science/living-nonliving-once-living) [![](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/image2-2.png) ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/kindergarten-science/parts-of-plants) ## [Parts of Plants During this second unit of Kindergarten, students explore the differences between living and nonliving things and discover what living things need to survive. ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/kindergarten-science/parts-of-plants) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/kindergarten-science/parts-of-plants) [![](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/image3-2.png) ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/kindergarten-science/germinating-seeds) ## [Germinating Seeds In this Life Science unit, Kindergartners explore plants and what they need to live and grow. This page is a high-level extract of lesson four in which students make models of adult sunflower plants to explore how plants have different parts that help them get what they need to grow.](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/kindergarten-science/germinating-seeds) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/kindergarten-science/germinating-seeds) [![](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/image2-2.png) ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/kindergarten-science/growing-plants) ## [Growing Plants In the second unit of Kindergarten, students explore living things and discover what plants and animals need to survive. This page provides a snapshot of lesson five which has students conducting a class experiment with bean plants to observe what they need to live and grow.](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/kindergarten-science/growing-plants) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/kindergarten-science/growing-plants) Standards citation: NGSS Lead States. 2013. *Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By State*s. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. 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