Living and Non-living Things

Curriculum details

Strand

Diversity of Matter (Strand 1)

Sub-strand

Living and Non-living Things (1.1)

Content standard

B2.1.1.2 - Understand the differences between living, non-living things and things which have never been alive

Indicator

B2.1.1.2.2 - Group things collected from the environment into living and non-living things

Suggested placement

Term 1, Week 3 (Week 3 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Source document note

The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

• content standard text - p.37: the cell is reprinted on this page as "Understand the differences between living non-living thing"; the fuller printed p.36 wording is the one transcribed

Curriculum reference

Science Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 37

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Learners bring pictures of various living and non-living things.
- Go on a nature walk, observe and collect things from the environment.
- In groups learners work to sort out things into living and non-living things (based on the pictures and items collected from the environment).
- Learners give reasons for their groupings.
- Draw and colour some of the things collected.
Project: Learners create some living and non-living things from materials such as clay, blu tack, cardboard or paper.