Living or Not Living
Living things grow, need food and water, and have babies. Rocks and toys don’t!
A puppy is living. It eats, drinks, grows bigger and one day can have puppies of its own. A ball is not living: it never eats and never grows. Plants are living too, even though they can’t walk around.
Words to know
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Did you know?
- Plants make their own food using sunlight, air and water.
- Some trees live for thousands of years.
- You are living, and you are growing right now!
- A seed is living even when it looks asleep. Give it water and it wakes up.
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Questions to ask while you read, play or walk.
- Is a cloud living? Why or why not?
- What do you and a tree both need?
- Can you find three living things outside?
For teachers
What this topic supports:
- NGSS K-LS1-1: patterns in what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive
- Head Start ELOF: Scientific Inquiry, observing and classifying