CONTENT STANDARDS: Characteristics of living and non-living things

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: Illustrate the difference between living and non-living things
LEARNING COMPETENCIES: Compare living and non-living things (S3LT-llef-11)

GRANBY COLLEGES OF SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY

Naic, Cavite Philippines
Telefax: (046) 412-043

K to 12 SCHOOL GRANBY COLLEGES OF GRADE GRADE III

Lesson SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Plan TEACHER MS. LADY LYN S. BARCELON SUBJECT SCIENCE
DATE/TIME MARCH 15 2022 / 1:00-2:00 QUARTER 1ST QUARTER

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to;
a. Differentiate living things from nonliving things
b. Classify objects into living and non-living things
c. Value the existence of living and nonliving things

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic: Characteristics of Living and Non-Living Things
B. References: Science links 3 p-179-184, MELCS, (http//:
badanamu.com)
C. Materials: PowerPoint presentation, visual aids, and video presentation

III. Procedure

A. Preliminary Activities

1. Greetings
- The teacher will greet his/her pupils.
2. Checking of Attendance
- The teacher will check the class attendance.
3. Checking of Assignment
- The teacher will collect/check the assignment.

B. Developing Activities
 4. Review
- What are the basic needs of animals?
- What happened to the animals if they are not provided with this
need?
5. Motivation
- The teacher will show a video presentation entitled ‘’ living things
song ‘’.

IV. ANALYSIS

1. What was the video all about?

2. What did you see in the video?
3. Do you have a pet at home?
4. Did animals have a life?
5. What about the trees, it is important to have air?
6. How about the human need for nutrients?

V. ABSTRACTION

Characteristics- is a special quality or appearance that makes an

individual or a group, different from others’ physical
characteristics.

Living things- move, respond to stimuli reproduce and grow,

respire, and are dependent on their environment, most living things
need food, water, light, temperature, within defined limits, and
oxygen.

Characteristics of living things

• Living thing can breathe
• Living things can grow
• Living things can move by itself
• Living things need nutrients
• Living things can reproduce

Examples
- human, animals, and plants

Non-living things- are inanimate objects or forces with the ability to

influence, shape, alter habitat and impact its life, non-living things
can be defined as the things which do not have any possess life.

Characteristics of nonliving things are:

• Nonliving things are lifeless
• Non-living things do not breath
• Non-living things do not move by its self
 • Non-living things do not grow and develop
• Non-living things do not reproduce

Examples
- Rocks, chair, table, shoes, facemask

Non-living things do not do anything that living things can do.

The teacher will present real objects and artificial objects to
differentiate and classify each.

C. Individual Activity

Direction: Write YES or NO according to their characteristics.

VI. APPLICATION
The teacher will group the pupils into two groups

Direction: Classify each random picture and give its characteristics.

Group 1 – living things

Group 2 – non-living things

VII. GENERALIZATION
In a form of the game.
 The pupils will pass the ball while singing ‘’ living things song. When the
music stops the pupil who is holding the ball will answer the question in
the mystery box.

1. What are living things and their characteristics?

2. What are non-living things and their characteristics?
3. What is the difference between living and non-living things?
4. Can you give me an example of living things and their characteristics?
5. Can you give me an example of non-living things and their
characteristics?

VIII. EVALUATION
Direction: Choose the correct answer.

1. Which is not a characteristic of living things?

a. moves
b. lifeless
c. reproduces
d. grow
2. What are non-living things?
a. flowers
b. elephants
c. robots
d. teacher

3. A Robot is not a living thing because_____?

a. it can reproduce
b. it moves on its own
c. it does breathe
d. it does not eat
4. Which list contains only non-living things in an environment?
a. snail, water, mushroom
b. soil, trees, worm
c. sunlight, water, soil
d. rocks, snail, grass
5. One of the characteristics of non-living things?
a. has nutrients
b. they are lifeless and they cannot do what living things can do
c. they reproduce
d. they grow and develop

IX. ASSIGNMENT
Directions: Cut out the picture strips and glue the living and non-living
things in suitable boxes.
Prepared by:
LADY LYN S. BARCELON
Practice Teacher

Checked by:

MR. NIKON DASIG

Cooperating Teacher