Standards-Aligned Video Library: Grade 1 Life Science

1-LS1-1: PE

Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

Life Science: Structure and Function for Kids Thumbnail

Life Science: Structure and Function for Kids

Shows how plants and animals have external structures that help ...
Mimicking Plants and Animals Read-Along

Mimicking Plants and Animals Read-Along

Read along from a student workbook including examples of animal ...
Biomimicry 101 – Examples of How We Copied Nature

Biomimicry 101 – Examples of How We Copied Nature

Shows examples of biomimicry from plants and animals ...
Biomimicry: Sticky Wonders

Biomimicry: Sticky Wonders

Shows examples of biomimicry such as velcro and a waterproof ...

1-LS1-1: LP1

Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

Meet the Marsupials!

Meet the Marsupials!

Shows how animals use features of their bodies to survive, ...
These Caterpillars Don’t All Look Like Caterpillars

These Caterpillars Don’t All Look Like Caterpillars

Shows how animals use features of their bodies to survive ...
Animal Body Coverings

Animal Body Coverings

Shows how animals use features of their bodies to survive ...
Science Grade 4 Unit 1 Animal Parts and Their Functions part I

Science Grade 4 Unit 1 Animal Parts and Their Functions part I

Animated video with examples of animal parts and their functions ...
External Structures of Animals

External Structures of Animals

Shows examples of how different animal features are used for ...
Wild Kratts – Amazing Animals With Special Features

Wild Kratts – Amazing Animals With Special Features

Animated video showing functions of different animal parts ...

1-LS1-1: LP2

Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

Inventing with Plants!

Inventing with Plants!

Shows how plant features inspired velcro (biomimicry) ...
Loop Scoops | Velcro

Loop Scoops | Velcro

Animated video about the origin of velcro and connection to ...
Seeds- Sprouts and Sunshine: Biomimicry

Seeds- Sprouts and Sunshine: Biomimicry

Recording of a lesson on what biomimicry is and different ...
Plants with Weapons!

Plants with Weapons!

Shows examples of plant features that aid in survival ...
Parts of a Plant and Their Functions for Kids

Parts of a Plant and Their Functions for Kids

Animated video showing different plant parts and their functions ...
How do Plants Use their Body Parts?

How do Plants Use their Body Parts?

Shows different plant parts and their functions ...

1-LS1-2: PE

Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

Best Animal Moms Ever

Best Animal Moms Ever

Shows examples of how parent animals care for their young ...
How Animals Take Care of Their Offspring

How Animals Take Care of Their Offspring

Shows a variety of animals and how parents take care ...
How Parent and Baby Animals Survive in their Habitats

How Parent and Baby Animals Survive in their Habitats

Recording of lesson on how parents help their offspring survive ...
1st Grade Life Science – Virtual Field Trip

1st Grade Life Science – Virtual Field Trip

Shows examples of similarities and differences between plant and animal ...
Wild Animal Families

Wild Animal Families

Shows a variety of animals (elephant, orangutan, duck, kangaroo, penguin, ...

1-LS1-2: LP1

Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of animal parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

Penguin chicks rescued by unlikely hero

Penguin chicks rescued by unlikely hero

Shows how penguins protect themselves from predators ...
Careful Osprey Parents Feed Chicks For The First Time

Careful Osprey Parents Feed Chicks For The First Time

Shows how osprey take care of their young ...

1-LS1-2: LP2

Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of plant parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

Parents and Baby Insects

Parents and Baby Insects

Shows how an entymologist studies how ant parents protect and ...
Monster Hunters / A Soapy Situation

Monster Hunters / A Soapy Situation

When someone calls on Sparks' Crew to help with a ...

1-LS3-1: PE

Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.

Animal and Plant Families

Animal and Plant Families

Recording of a lesson on similarities and differences between animal ...
Similarities and Differences of Parents and their Offspring

Similarities and Differences of Parents and their Offspring

Recording of a lesson on similarities and differences between animal ...
Parents and Offspring

Parents and Offspring

Shows examples of similarities and differences between plant and animal ...

1-LS3-1: LP1

Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.

Animal Characteristics – Parents & Offspring

Animal Characteristics – Parents & Offspring

Animal Characteristics - Parents & Offspring ...
Which living things look like their parents?

Which living things look like their parents?

Shows examples of similarities and differences between animal parents and ...
Animal Parents and Kids that Look Totally Alike

Animal Parents and Kids that Look Totally Alike

Shows examples of similarities between animal parents and offspring ...
Hatching a Plan / The Invisible Force

Hatching a Plan / The Invisible Force

When an egg hatches and an unfamiliar bird emerges, Sparks’ ...

1-LS3-1: LP2

Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.

Young Plants Look Like Their Parents

Young Plants Look Like Their Parents

Shows examples of similarities and differences between plant parents and ...
Seedlings and Their Parent Plant

Seedlings and Their Parent Plant

Timelapse shows how acorns become seedlings and mature trees. Shows ...
Compare and Contrast Parent Plants with Offspring

Compare and Contrast Parent Plants with Offspring

Recorded lesson on similarities and differences between plant parents and ...
Plant Parent and Their Offspring

Plant Parent and Their Offspring

Shows examples of similarities and differences between plant parents and ...