Living and Non-living Things · B2 Science

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

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

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify and name living and non-living things found around the school compound.
Collect or draw at least five items from the environment and sort them into living and non-living groups.
Give at least one reason for placing each item in its group (for example, “a plant is living because it grows”).
Create simple models of one living and one non-living thing using clay, cardboard or paper.
Work cooperatively in groups to sort pictures and collected items, sharing ideas and respecting the views of others.

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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.