Living things
What is classification?
Discover how animals can be classified by common features.
What is a vertebrate?
Find out how to classify an animal as a vertebrate.
What is an invertebrate?
Find out how to classify an animal as an invertebrate.
Why do animals taste things differently?
Find out why the way animals taste is linked to their diet.
How do different animals taste things?
Find out how different animals can detect taste with more than just their tongues.
Why do animals have different teeth?
Find out why some animals have sharp pointy teeth and others have smooth flat teeth.
How do animals and plants use smell?
Find out how animals and plants use smell to communicate with BBC Bitesize.
How do different animals smell?
Learn how different animals, like bears and salmon, smell.
How do animals sense temperature?
Find out how different animals respond to changes in temperature.
How do plants and animals sense touch and vibrations?
How elephants, fish, crickets and the venus fly trap sense changes in pressure.
Why do animals hibernate?
Some animal hibernate to protect themselves from harsh winter weather conditions.
Why and when do animals migrate?
Find out how changing seasons and weather conditions cause animals to migrate (move from one place to another).
What is a plant?
Find out about the different parts of a plant, including the flower, leaves, stem and roots.
What does a plant need to live?
Find out about what a plant needs in order to live and grow.
Why are bees attracted to flowers?
Find out why flowers need bees to pollinate them and what bees get in return.
What are the requirements for plant growth?
Plants have certain requirements that need to be met in order to grow. Find out what these requirements are.
Why are plants important?
Find out how plants help the environment and benefit society.
What is fertiliser?
Find out how organic and synthetic fertilisers give plants the minerals they need to grow.
What is a microorganism?
Microorganisms are very tiny living things. They are so small that you need a microscope to see them.
What is a life cycle?
Compare how different animals grow and change during their life.
How do animals reproduce?
Discover how different animals grow and reproduce throughout their life.
How do humans change during their lifetime?
Find out about the different stages of a human life cycle and how we change as we grow up.
What are the stages of a plant's life cycle?
Find out how a plant changes through its life and produces offspring.
How do flowering plants reproduce?
Find out how flowering plants make seeds.
How do plants spread their seeds?
Find out why plants can be found everywhere from the waterside to hilltops.
Food chain challenge - Savannah
Explore the African savannah and find out how the animals and plants are connected in different food chains.
Food chain challenge - Tundra
Explore the Arctic tundra and find out how the animals and plants are connected in different food chains.
Food chain challenge - Woodland
Explore a British woodland and find out how the animals and plants are connected in different food chains.
What is a food chain?
Find out how food chains can show the relationship between different animals and plants.
How do ecosystems work?
Many plants and animals live together in ecosystems. They rely on one another to survive.
What is adaptation?
Find out how animals are adapted to their environments with Emmett the explorer.
Video playlist
Microorganisms (clip compilation) Video
A short compilation of clips on the theme of microorganisms.
Why did the brown bear evolve into the polar bear? Video
Animation describing how brown bears adapted to life in the Arctic.
Habitats - where do different owls live? Video
A look at different types of owls and their environment adaptations.
The bacteria that lives on skin. Video
Millions of bacteria live in the tiny crannies and crevices on the surface of our skin.
What do you find in a rockpool? Video
An introduction to the creatures living in a coastal rockpool.
Adaptations of animals living in the Arctic. Video
How polar bears, snow foxes and reindeer have adapted to live in cold environments.
How fish are adapted to live in water. Video
A look at how fish are adapted to live in water, including the use of camouflage.
Animals that live on cold mountains. Video
The adaptations to mountain life of goats, leopards, rabbits, snowcocks, geese and yaks.
Plants are living things. Video
How plants grow, move and reproduce in the plant house at Kew Gardens.
Adaptation of walia ibex in finding a niche habitat. Video
Walia ibex live on sheer cliffs in Ethiopia and have adapted to survive these.
The life cycle of a dandelion. Video
A look at the life cycle of a dandelion including wind-aided seed dispersal.
Why are butterflies and bees attracted to plants? Video
How to attract butterflies and bees to your garden.
The lifecycle of an animal. Video
An animation that shows the common features of animal lifecycles.
Rock pools. Video
The creatures found in a rock pool.
The importance of handwashing in food hygiene. Video
An investigation into the best way to wash hands to reduce the risk of food poisoning.
Biodiversity and the human implications. Video
Why is conserving biodiversity important for human existence?
The difference between nocturnal and diurnal animals. Video
Creatures that are active at night need to be silent, unlike their daytime counterparts.
How are camels adapted to live in the desert? Video
Animation explaining how camels survive in an arid environment.
Wobbly teeth. Video
Children find out why their baby teeth fall out and compare sharks’ teeth to human teeth.
Nocturnal animals and birds. Video
A look at barn owls, mice, hedgehogs, bats, badgers, moles and worms.
Root and shoot growth. Video
A time-lapse showing the growth of roots and shoots from a seed.
Habitats (clip compilation) Video
A variety of extreme and unusual locations where plants and animals live.
Why animals need a healthy diet. Video
Zookeepers talk about the diet needed to keep a gorilla and a penguin healthy.
Why do plants need water? Video
An explanation of the conditions needed for plant growth.
Food chains. Video
All living organisms need food to survive.
Green plants and animals in the rainforest. Video
The variety of green plants and animals in the rainforest.
Explanation - Growing seeds. Video
Children grow seeds and then visit a farm to see radishes grown and harvested.
The lifecycle of a plant. Video
An animation that traces the different stages in a plant’s life
How have different animals adapted to their habitats? Video
A report on the adaptations of agama lizards, penguins, bats and camels.
What do plants give us? Video
A look at the range of useful foods and materials we get from plants.
Do baby animals look like their parents? Video
How and why some baby animals look like their parents and some do not.
Why does the giraffe have a long neck? Video
Animation describing the evolution of the giraffe.
Interdependence and adaptation (clip compilation) Video
A compilation of clips on the subject of species adaptation.
