1. Cells Alive!

2. Are these stones alive or not?

3. Alive or not?
Are humans alive?

4. Is this plant alive or not?

5. Is this plank of wood alive or not?

6. Group Activity
Can you come up with rules which would help you decide if something was ALIVE?

7. All living things… Require FOOD and NUTRIENTS
Animals collect their own food to eat
Plants make their own food (photosynthesis)

8. All living things…
2. GROW!

9. All living things… 3. Get rid of waste
Animals get rid of waste in the toilet and also breathe out waste (carbon dioxide
Plants excrete oxygen as a waste product

10. 4. Take in gases for RESPIRATION
All living things…
4. Take in gases for RESPIRATION
Animals take in oxygen (and give out carbon dioxide)
Plants take in carbon dioxide (and give out oxygen

11. 5. Reproduce All living things… Plants produce seeds
Animals produce live offspring

12. All living things… 6. Use their senses
We use our senses to detect our surroundings and react to what is happening.

13. All living things… Move! Animals move freely
Plants move towards the light

14. Are robots alive? Explain
Group discussion
Are robots alive? Explain

15. Homework
Complete the table on page 3 by inserting the items on the list into the category alive, never alive or once alive.
I will collect your booklets in to check them tomorrow