A no-prep, 4-lesson science unit on EYFS Understanding the World / KS1 Year 1 Plants and Animals, including humans (basic needs of living things), written for Year 0 (ages 4-5). Phenomenon-first and three-dimensional: every lesson opens with something to wonder about and builds toward the unit’s big question. Open and teach — full teacher plans, projectable slides, three differentiated pupil worksheets per lesson, a complete printable lab pack, a knowledge organiser, and a baseline + end-of-unit assessment.

Big question: What do plants and animals need to live, and where do they find it?

What’s included

• 4 × Teacher lesson plans (Word) on the 5E spine (Engage · Explore · Explain · Elaborate · Evaluate)
• 4 × Pupil worksheets in 3 differentiated tiers (Support / Core / Stretch)
• 4 × Projectable slide decks (PowerPoint, 16:9 widescreen)
• 1 × Full lab pack (Word) — investigation question, fair-test variables, household and lab equipment lists, a real risk assessment, a blank results table, and analysis + conclusion scaffolds
• 1 × Knowledge organiser (Word, A4 landscape)
• 1 × Baseline + end-of-unit assessment with a teacher answer key and three-dimensional items
• Hand-coded diagrams with clear labels for the unit’s key ideas — never AI-generated
• Original illustrations for every phenomenon hook

Lesson outline

1. What animals need
2. What plants need
3. Living things live where they find their needs
4. Make a model of an animal’s home

Pupils will know

• Plants and animals are living things.
• Animals need food, water and air to live.
• Plants need water, air and light, and they make their own food.
• Without these things, a living thing cannot stay alive.
• Living things live in the place where they can find what they need.