Did you know that pine cones contain seeds from which new pine trees can grow? Each pine tree produces some male cones…

What color are the leaves of a lettuce?  What color are the needles of a pine tree?  What color are the leaves of g…

What do plants need to grow? Do you have any plants growing in flowerpots around your home? Do you look after them? …

Rocks often contain the remains of living things that died long ago. These remains are called fossils.  The kinds o…

Some scientists believe that living things developed from other simpler living things, which have slowly become mo…

Do you like climbing trees? Or looking at flowers? Or eating fruit? If so, you like plants! Scientists who study pla…

What is Reproduction? Human beings have babies.  Fish lay eggs which hatch into young fish.  Trees grow seeds w…

Voluntary Movement - Definition - What is Voluntary Movement? When you turn the pages of a book, you are moving your …

What does the nervous system do? Our brain sends them messages through a network of nerve cells that make up the nerv…

There are plants in the seas and oceans as well as on land. Tiny plants and animals are part of a layer of millions of …

Herbivores and Carnivores The grasslands of Africa are covered in grasses and other plants. Between periodic drought…

Omnivore definition All living things need some kind of food to stay alive. Food gives them energy and helps them to…

Carnivorous animals All living things need some kind of food to stay alive. Food gives them energy and helps them t…

Herbivores Animals All living things need some kind of food to stay alive. Food gives them energy and helps them to …

What did you have to eat today? Did you have vegetables, fruit, cereal, fish, or meat? All living things need some …

Some kinds of bacteria live on you!  There are millions of bacteria on your skin and inside your mouth, nose, and lun…

When we feel thirsty we have a drink. We take water into our bodies by swallowing it. Plants don't swallow. So h…

Most plants store water in their roots, stems and leaves. Each time it rains, they refill their store. But in the d…

When you look at some flower seeds, it's often hard to imagine that they can grow into the lovely flowers in th…

Water is constantly on the move, whether in the oceans and rivers, in a pond that looks completely still, or in a gla…