LIVING AND NONLIVING THINGS

Grade: 7A
Lesson Duration: 30 minutes

Lesson
Lesson Objectives
Objectives
At the end of this lesson students should be
able to:
Identify how living things are different
and how they are similar to non-living
things
State the seven characteristics of living
things

Questions

What are some examples of living

things?
What are some examples of nonliving things?
How can you tell if something is a
living or non-living ?

Brain Teasers

Is there a difference between living

things and things that are alive?
Is there a difference between nonliving things and dead things?
Can a living thing ever become a
non-living thing?
Can a non-living thing ever become
a living thing?

Nature Walk

Similarities
between
living
Similarities between living
things
thingsand
andnon-living
non-livingthings?
things?

Animals and plants come in different

shapes and sizes.
Stones also come in different shapes and
sizes.
Does this mean that stones are living
things? What are the features of living
things that make them different from
non- living things?

Differences
between
living
and
Differences between living and
non-living
non-livingthings
things

All living things exhibit seven

characteristics
Growth
Respiration
Irritability
Movement
Nutrition
Excretion
Reproduction

Living or Non-living?

Living or Non- living?