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Learning Activity: Living Vs. Non-Living An Activity for Contrasting the Differences between Living and Non-Living Things

Worksheet

Game Card Images of Living Things to be cut out and used for sorting activity:

(Print the game cards on photo paper or card stock, or laminate standard printer paper, for repeat use.)

DOG

ALPACA




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TREE

GOLDFISH




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DONKEY

CHILDREN




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DUCK

FROG




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MONKEY

ANT




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Worksheet

Game Card Images of Non- Living Things to be cut out and used for sorting activity:

(Print the game cards on photo paper or card stock, or laminate standard printer paper, for repeat use.)

ROCKS

BUCKET




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POND

BARN




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SHED

TRACTOR




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TOY STUFFED ANIMALS

CELL PHONE




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NOTEBOOK

ANIMAL’S DEN




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Learning Goal:

• Students will understand the difference between living and non-living

Objectives:

• Students will successfully identify living and non-living objects • Students will understand that both living and non-living things can be

found in a habitat

Materials:

• Living vs. Non-Living Worksheet

• Images of living objects (from worksheet)

• Images of non-living objects (from worksheet) • Container labeled "Living" • Container labeled "Non-Living"

Introduction:

• Discuss the differences between living and non-living things, such as

living things need air, food, water, they are bout to move and grow

• Discuss that both living and non-living things can be found in a habitat

(i.e. a rock next to a tree in the forest)




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Instructions:

• Hold up image of a living or non-living object • Have students decide if it should go in the "Living" or Non-Living"

container • After each decision, discuss why it is living or non-living (Does it grow,

move, or eat, etc.?)

Call to Action: • Draw a picture of a habitat being sure to include both living and non-

living objects

Additional Resources/Examples:

• New England Primate Sanctuary website:

www.neprimatesanctuary.org:

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