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Preschool - 1st Grade Life Science Lesson Plans

Caterpillars and the hard C sound come together in this colorful lesson. With help from the ever-popular *The Very Hungry Caterpillar* by Eric Carle, students will learn about metamorphosis while developing their phonics skills.

Phonics With The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Let your students spread their wings with this lesson that teaches them about the life cycle of a butterfly. A fun song will get your class moving and a variety of different worksheets will suit any class.

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Give your young forest rangers a chance to see all the things a tree can be in this hands-on science lesson. Your class will learn about the parts of a tree and the science of decay.

A Tree Can Be...

Cows do more than just moo on the farm. They allow us to make dairy products like milk, cheese, and yogurt. In this lesson, students will learn about how dairy farms provide milk from cows to create nutritious foods.

Dairy Farms

This simple lesson plan will help your students gain a basic understanding of different body parts.

My Body

In this lesson, students will learn how to make healthy choices! They will sort food into healthy and unhealthy categories, and describe their color. They will then have the chance to get a little messy!

Let's Eat Healthy!

In this lesson, you will use “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to teach students about the butterfly life cycle. After listening to the story read aloud, students will use their knowledge to create their own butterfly life cycles! 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Butterfly's Life Cycle

This lesson provides a fun way to combine learning and entertainment. Your kids will have a great time listening to stories and learning about mice.

A Unique Guest

It's time to have fun learning about frogs! Students will have a blast exploring a model habitat and learning about the frog life cycle.

Frog Fun

In this lesson, students will learn about what plants need to survive. They will then have a chance to grow their own plant! 

How Plants Grow

Can you hear me? In this lesson, your students will learn about their sense of hearing. Show them how frustrating it is to not understand sounds by lip-reading a paragraph.

Name That Noise: Can You Hear?

Root, stem, flower, leaf! In this hands-on science lesson, your students will create their own plants to help them identify and remember the parts of a plant.

Parts of a Plant

After this lesson you will have a group of prospective farmers in your class. They plant seeds and learn what seeds need to grow.

Sprouting Seeds

Without natural resources, our world would be a very different place. Help your class understand the importance of water, plants, and soil with this exploratory science lesson.

Natural Resources

Spring is here! You can feel it, hear it, smell it, taste it, and see it! In this spring lesson plan, students will create a spring poem using their five senses.

Spring Senses Poem

It's time to go green! Explore the wonders of greenhouses by building your own. This simple science project is a surefire way to get your students excited about plant growth.

Let's Build a Greenhouse

In this fun forest animal inspired lesson plan, students will learn all about the forest using a nonfiction text before creating their very own forest animal page!

Who Lives in the Forest?

Have your students get energized while they learn about animal locomotion and move around like various animals!


Move Like an Animal!

Encourage your preschoolers to categorize animals based on their outer coverings. Your students will have fun differentiating between fur, scales, and feathers.

Fur, Scales, and Feathers: Identifying Animals

Preschoolers will be head over heels about animals and their offspring in this lesson! Teach them animal names and the sounds they make.

Animals and Offspring

Your preschoolers&#39; tactile abilities will be activated with this lesson as they explore their sense of touch.

Feel the Sensation: Touch

Your students will love learning about nonfiction texts and the life cycle of a seed with a classic story, simple video, and a cut and paste activity!


Plant Life Cycle: Pumpkins!

Every experiment begins with a hypothesis. In this hands-on science lesson, young botanists will learn about making educated guesses by planting and observing the growth of their very own lima bean seeds.

Seeds Seeds Seeds

This science and writing inspired lesson combines the five senses with weather predictions! Kindergarten students will love practicing their observation skills as they imagine tomorrow&rsquo;s weather.

Five Senses Weather

This five senses art and writing lesson will give your students an up close and personal look at the five senses and themselves.

My Five Senses Portrait

This fun art-inspired lesson will give your students a chance to dive into a study of the five senses.

Five Senses Artists

Learning the five senses helps children better explore the world around them. This fun-filled lesson helps students gain a better understanding of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.

My Five Senses

Teach your kids about the different parts of a tree with this neat lesson plan. Young scientists will love examining trees and sharing their opinions about them.

Trees, Trees Everywhere

In this fun compare and contrast lesson plan, preschool students will dive into the world of cows! Can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the  **Imagination Real or Make Believe** lesson plan.

Real or Not?

In this fun animal-themed lesson plan, students will get a chance to learn all about animals and their homes!

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Preschool - 1st Grade Life Science Lesson Plans