SCIENCE KINDERGARTEN - LIVING THINGS Living and nonliving Classification Growth Vocabulary: Data Experiment Differences Growth Life cycle Living Nonliving Similarities Living Things Characteristics Reproduction Life Cycles Food Essential Understandings: All things are living or nonliving Living things grow and change Nonliving things may have characteristics of living things Living things grow and reproduce Living things have life cycles, and life cycles vary Living things need to eat to survive; plants make their own food Living things can be classified as plants/animals