BFSU: Living Things Unit

Resources: Magic School Bus episodes (while certainly optional, the episodes in this unit were especially informative)
                  Insect Lore Caterpillar-to-Butterfly kit
                  Blood and Guts by Linda Allison
                  Brain Pop videos

** If you wish to do any life cycle observations in conjunction with BFSU B-4 I would suggest you purchase or collect your animals at the very beginning of this unit. For the caterpillar-to-butterfly kit, I had to order the kit and wait a few days for it to arrive, then order the caterpillars and wait nearly a week for them to arrive, then it took about two weeks from arrival until release.

Lesson 1: BFSU B-3: Distinguishing Between Plants and Animals
Lesson 2: Magic School Gets Planted
Lesson 3: BFSU B-4: Life Cycles
Lesson 4: Magic School Bus Cracks a Yolk
                Related Brain Pop videos: Metamorphosis, Amphibians
Lesson 5: Blood and Guts by Linda Allison, read pages 123-127 on reproduction (We are fairly direct about human reproduction with our child, you would obviously want to preview these pages to see if you are comfortable with them.)
Lesson 6: BFSU B-4A: Identification of Living Things (Similarities and Differences)
                Related Brain Pop videos: Amphibians, Arachnids, Classification
Lesson 7: BFSU B-4B: What is a Species
                Related Brain Pop videos: Classification, Six Kingdoms
Lesson 8: BFSU B-5: Food Chains and Adaptations, part 1
Lesson 9: BFSU B-5: Food Chains and Adaptations, part 2
Lesson 10:  Magic School Bus In The Rainforest
                  Related Brain Pop videos: Camouflage, Energy Pyramid, Food Chains


This post is part of my series on using BFSU as a science unit study.