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Science 3rd grade | UNIT 3: Living things 3.1 Living and non-living

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Words to learn

Breathe - young - grow - excrete - life processes - sort

The plant pot is alive because it has a plant in it. / The bee is alive because it's flying. / The bee and plant are alive because they both need air. / The plant is alive because it's green.

Do you agree with what the learners say?
Which things are alive?
Which things in these pictures are alive?

Things that are alive:
• need air to breathe
• need water and food
• can move
• have senses
• can produce young
• grow
• produce waste products (excrete).
These are the seven life processes.

1) List the seven life processes.
2) A horse can run, eat, drink and see.
Is it alive?
3) A toy kite moves and flies in the air.
Is it alive?

You will need: a large sheet of paper - pens a selection of pictures of things that are living and non-living

With a partner, sort pictures of things into two groups:
• living things
• non-living things.

What you have learnt

- All living things need air to breathe, need water and food, can move, have senses, can produce young, grow and produce waste products.

Talk about it!

How do you know if something is living?

Science 3rd grade | UNIT 3: Living things 3.1 Living and non-living

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Activity 3.1 (Living or non-living?)

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