Needs of Living Things Mobile
Posted by Kathryn on 10th May and posted in Activites, Fun things, Pictures, Science, Students, Teaching, Teaching Resources
My November Speaking and Writing class has been doing science for the last few weeks. We’ve been talking about living things and what they need. This is a lead in to the experiment they’re currently doing. As a sort of fun activity, we made a mobile showing what living things need (food, shelter, water, sunlight, air).
To make the mobiles, you’ll need a wire hanger for each student, and one copy of the two pdf files. The first is the five needs that hang down. The second is the header that you attach the needs to.
Have the students cut all all of the pieces. On each need you write the sentence “Living things need ______.” where the blank is the particular need. With a single hole paper punch, punch a hole in the top of each of the five needs. You also need to punch five holes at the bottom of and two holes at the top of the header. Using string or ribbon, tie the needs onto the bottom of the header. Tie the header onto the shoulder of the hanger. I laminated all of the pieces to make the whole thing a bit more sturdy. Anyone who’s ever tried to tie ribbon through holes in paper knows that the paper will rip.
And here the the class with their mobiles. I think they had a really good time doing them.
