Organisms & Life Processes

What living things need, do and how they grow — 63 skills across 9 years. Every skill below shows what it builds on and how to tell your child has it.

Science63 skillsages 5–14

Grouped by the age children typically start each skill. Ages are typical, not deadlines — follow your child’s pace.

Around age 5

Animal Body Groupsages 5–7AC ✓ Body Parts & Sensesages 5–6 Common Plants & Treesages 5–6AC ✓ Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivoresages 5–6AC ✓ Living Things Vocabularyages 5–7AC ✓ Naming Common Animalsages 5–6 Parts of a Plantages 5–6AC ✓ What Living Things Needages 5–7AC ✓

Around age 6

Animal Life Stagesages 6–7AC ✓ Offspring resemble parentsages 6–11AC ✓ Seeds & Plant Growthages 6–7AC ✓ What Plants Need to Growages 6–8AC ✓

Around age 7

Animal Classification Vocabularyages 7–9AC ✓ Animal Nutritionages 7–8AC ✓ Drawing Life Cycle Diagramsages 7–8AC ✓ How Plant Parts Workages 7–8AC ✓ Life Cycles of Organismsages 7–9AC ✓ Pollination & Seed Dispersalages 7–8AC ✓ Skeletons & Musclesages 7–8 Water Transport in Plantsages 7–8AC ✓ What Plants Need to Thriveages 7–8AC ✓

Around age 8

How animals adapt to environmentsages 8–11AC ✓ Inheritance Vocabularyages 8–10 Inherited characteristicsages 8–9 The Digestive Systemages 8–9 Traits: inherited and environmentalages 8–9 Types of Teethages 8–9 Variation & Survival Advantageages 8–9AC ✓

Around age 9

Human Life Stagesages 9–10 Organ Systems Vocabularyages 9–11 Senses, Brain & Responsesages 9–10 Structures for Survivalages 9–10AC ✓

Around age 10

Diet, Exercise & Lifestyleages 10–11 Energy from Food & the Sunages 10–11AC ✓ Evolution vocabularyages 10–11AC ✓ Nutrient Transport in Animalsages 10–11 Plants Grow from Air & Waterages 10–11 The Circulatory Systemages 10–11

Around age 11

Calculating Dietary Energyages 11–13 Cells to Organ Systemsages 11–12 Cells Under the Microscopeages 11–12 Diet Imbalance & Deficiencyages 11–13 Digestion & Enzymesages 11–13 Joints, Tendons & Ligamentsages 11–13 Muscles Work in Pairsages 11–13 Nutrients in a Healthy Dietages 11–13 Parts of Plant and Animal Cellsages 11–12 Photosynthesisages 11–12 Plant Cells vs Animal Cellsages 11–12 Single-Celled Organismsages 11–12 The Human Skeletonages 11–13 Using a Microscopeages 11–12AC ✓

Around age 12

Aerobic Respirationages 12–13 Anaerobic Respirationages 12–14 Body Temperature Regulationages 12–14 Gas Exchange & Breathingages 12–13 Gut Bacteria & Digestionages 12–13 Heart Structure & Double Circulationages 12–13 How Diffusion Worksages 12–13 Human Reproductionages 12–13 Pathogens & the Immune Systemages 12–14 Plant Reproductionages 12–13

Around age 13

Effects of Drugs & Alcoholages 13–14

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