This unit is a very visual unit that will teach children the difference between living and non-living things. Make sure to discuss things that are artificial as you go through each lesson, game, and activity. This unit is designed to last one week.
Living/Non-living Sorting Worksheet:
Living and Non-Living Collage:
Links to Online Lessons:| Characteristics of Living Things | 100% | (1 votes) |
This lesson goes over the seven characteristics of living things.
| Difference Between Living and Non-living | (no rating) |
This lesson explains the difference between living and non-living things.
Reference Websites:| Living Things | (no rating) |
This detailed website provides sections on Individuals, Families, Neighborhoods, and the Circle of Life. Each section provides information about the classification and characteristics of different types of living things.
Hands-On Projects and Activities:| Is It Living or Non-living? | (no rating) |
This hands-on activity helps kids relate what they learn in the lesson to real life.
| Can It Change? | (no rating) |
This is a hands-on activity about living and non-living things. Children will learn that things cannot change from one form to another.
| Living and Non-Living Collage | (no rating) |
Make a collage of living and non-living things.
Learning Tools (worksheets, drills, printables, online games, tests, etc.):| Living Things Sorting Game | 71% | (1 votes) |
This is a fun online game where children have to find and sort the living things in the pictures.
| Living/Non-living Quiz | 60% | (1 votes) |
This is a great online quiz to test children's understanding of the lesson.
| Living or Non-living | (no rating) |
This is a simple quiz where children look at a picture and decide if the thing is living or non-living.
Free Online Video:
| Is it Alive? | (no rating) |
Watch this video with your child that features various living and non-living objects. After the video, talk about the characteristics of the living items.