PL AR RSO P3L1 Living Things I WS (1)

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Tutor LIVING THINGS I (LESSON 1) _
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Topic LIVING THINGS I (LESSON 1)

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LESSON OUTLINE
• Notes
• Activity 1: Open-ended Questions
• Activity 2: Science in Daily Life

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LIVING THINGS – NOTES How do we show the classification of
things?
What is classification?
• Placing things in different groups • Tables

based on their similarities.

• For example: By shape.

SHAPES

CIRCLE TRIANGLE

APPLES FRUITS BANANAS
ORANGES

Why do we classify things? • Diagrams
• To help us see things on a simpler
SHAPES
way and understand diversity
around us. CIRCLES TRIANGLES

How do we classify things?
• Things can be classified based on

their common characteristics.
• For example: size, shape, colour.
• When we classify things, we look for

their similarities and differences.
• We can place things with the same

characteristics in the same group.

FRUITS

APPLES ORANGES GRAPES

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LIVING THINGS – NOTES

Everything we see around us can be classified into two groups: living and non-
living things.

Living Things Non-living Things

• Need air, food and water in order • Non-living things do not respond to
to stay alive. changes around them.

• Air: Oxygen to breathe. • Example: Balloons can increase in
size, but they do not grow as they
• If they do not have enough of need a person to fill them with air.
these, they will die.

• Living things reproduce to • Example: Computers and robots
ensure their species continue to operate on electricity and are
exist. programmed to respond to
instructions.

• Living things respond to changes
around them.

• Example: Birds fly away when
they hear a loud noise.

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LIVING THINGS – NOTES

Everything we see around us can be classified into two groups: living and non-
living things.

Living Things Non-living Things

• Living things can grow. They can • Non-Living things cannot grow.
increase in size and shape or
change in appearance. • Non-living things do not need food,
air or water to stay alive as they are
• Example: Chicks grow into not alive.
chickens.
• Non-living things do no reproduce.
• Non-living things do not respond to

changes around them.

• Some may be able to move or
change in shape or size, but they
cannot do it on their own.

• Example: Cars can move but they
need to be driven by people.

• Example: Caterpillars grow into 1 2
butterflies.

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AR Model – Chick

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LIVING THINGS – NOTES
Classifying Living Things
Things

Living Things Non-Living
Things

Animals Plants Fungi Bacteria

Type Description Examples
Animals Dog, Chicken, Fish,
Plant Feed on other living things Snake, Crab
Banana tree, Algae, Rose,
Fungi Make their own food, grow, Moss
reproduce, can move but cannot
Bacteria move from place to place Mushroom, mould

Feed on other living things, Lactobacillus, E.coli
cannot move from place to
place, reproduce

Feed on other living things, very
small, can only be seen with a
microscope

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Activity 1 – Open-ended Questions
1. Aidan saw four things on his walk in the park

Toy plane Rose

Dog Grasshopper [1]
(a) Which of the objects is not a living thing?

(b) Give one reason why this object is not a living thing. [1]

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2. Jake classified the food in his fridge into three different groups.

Fruits A Vegetables

Watermelon Steak Broccoli
Apple Roast Chicken Carrot
Roast Duck

(a) What does A stand for? [1]

(b) Which food is in the wrong section? Why? [1]

(c) What section does it belong in? Why? [1]

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3. Rebecca looked at two living things on her walk and took note of
their characteristics in the table below.

Object Can Can Makes its own
Frog move reproduce food
Banana tree
✔ ✔ ✔

✔

(a) What do the frog and the banana tree have in common? [1]

(b) What are two differences between the frog and the banana tree? [1]

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4. Annie decided to keep a goldfish. She set up its aquarium as shown
below. She gave the goldfish some food. The goldfish died after a
few hours.

Fish food
Goldfish

(a) Why did the goldfish die? [1]

(b) When Annie put her face close to the tank, the fish hid behind the [1]
rock. Other than being able to move on its own, what characteristic
of living things does this show?

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Activity 3 – Science in Daily Life: Taking Care of Pets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOLP8p0jSoA
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. What are some basic needs of animals for them to stay alive?
2. Do you have any pets at home? If not, what pet would you like

to own?
3. What do you need to do to make sure they are alive and

healthy?

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