Year 2 - Science
Alive, dead and never alive
Living things and where they live
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Unit Summary
This unit explores the differences between living, dead, and non-living things and examines how habitats support the needs of various plants and animals. It involves identifying and naming plants and animals in different habitats, using observations to classify, gather data, and answer questions.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to compare and group things that are alive, dead and never alive.
Key Notes
- A living thing is something that is currently alive and needs food, air and water to stay alive.
- Something that is dead was once living but is no longer alive.
- A non-living thing is something that has never been alive.
- Things can be compared and grouped into alive, dead and never alive.
Vocabulary To Learn
- alive: Living things are alive. They move, respire, sense, grow, reproduce, excrete waste material and need nutrients.
- dead: Something that is dead was once living and now is no longer alive.
- never alive: Something that has never been alive cannot be called alive or dead.
- compare: We compare things by looking at what is the same and what is different.
- group: To group things is to put similar things together
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- A non-living thing is something that is dead.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the scientific idea in this lesson using two key points.
A living thing is something that is currently alive and needs food, air and water to stay alive. Something that is dead was once living but is no longer alive.
2. Define this scientific word and use it in context. 'alive'
Living things are alive. They move, respire, sense, grow, reproduce, excrete waste material and need nutrients. Include the word in a full scientific explanation, not as a single label.
3. Correct this common scientific misunderstanding.
Mistake: A non-living thing is something that is dead. Correction: Examples demonstrating that non-living things have never been alive.
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