Living and Nonliving Things – No Prep Lesson Plans

Are your students learning about living and nonliving things in their science class? This engaging teaching slideshow is the perfect to for you to use to introduce your students to the world of living and nonliving things. The activities and discussions included will have students differentiate between living and nonliving things based on whether they have basic needs and produce offspring.

This Google Slides presentation has been designed to introduce your students to the characteristics of living and non-living things. It includes:

• an explanation of the terms ‘living’ and ‘non-living’
• a class sorting activity
• an individual sorting activity.

Download, Print, and Teach!

This handy resource is a breeze to use! To get your copy of the slide deck, use the download button. to select the Google Slides Resource file. Once you click, you will be prompted to make your own copy. From there, you’re ready to teach!

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a Teach Starter collaborator.

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