Curated OER
Cardinals
In this cardinals worksheet, learners explore facts about cardinals and practice their number reasoning. Students read about cardinals and solve word problems involving cardinals.
Curated OER
Pigeon Study-Nature Notebook
in this pigeon study worksheet, students "find pigeons to investigate," then complete activities, answering questions about where the pigeons were found, how many, what they look like, observing behaviors and writing questions they may...
Curated OER
Breaking News English: Susan Boyle to Star in Japanese Show
In this English worksheet, students read "Susan Boyle to Star in Japanese Show," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Denmark: How Can We Define Living and Non Living Things?
Martin Dahl, a Danish scientist, does research on living things and non-living things. Come see what he discovers.
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: The Living and Non Living Things Quiz
Try to identify whether objects are living or not. Explanations are provided along with the correct answers.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Scotland: How Can We Group Non Living Things Based on Characteristics/purposes?
Montgomery is a true Scot, and even wears a kilt. He works in his dad's store and needs help learning about materials.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Comparison of Living and Non Living Things
Compares the characteristics of living and non-living things based on respiration, life processes, response to stimuli, death, and composition.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Are You Among the Living or the Nonliving?
Great site to test your knowledge on living and nonliving things. Play a game that tests your knowledge, and view pictures to pick out each living organism.
Other
Vida: Living and Non Living Things
Study these four images when learning about living and nonliving things.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Marshall Islands: How Can We Tell Living Things From Non Living Things?
Andrea lives on the Marshall Islands, and she will teach you about living and nonliving things.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Scotland: How Can We Group Living Things Based on Characteristics?
Lilly is from Peru, and she's traveling the world. Right now, she's in Scotland. Join her while she studies living and non-living things.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Classifying Living Things
Learn how all living things are classified.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Shrink to Fit
Learn how various living and non-living organisms help and react to one another in a small environment.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Are You Dead or Alive?
A great site that offers real life examples of what makes something living or nonliving.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Dramatic Living and Non Living [Pdf]
Students explore the differences between living and nonliving things through the lens of the nursery rhyme, "Hey Diddle Diddle." After bringing the characters to life, the students discuss the concepts of living and nonliving and act out...
That Quiz
That Quiz: Biotic or Abiotic? Living or Non Living?
This fun quiz has you choose between different images to decide whether it is biotic or abiotic. It also gives examples through illustrations of abiotic and biotic things.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Living and Nonliving Things
Students define the characteristics of living and non-living things, identify living and non-living components of an ecosystem, and identify the roles of organisms in living systems.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: What Is Soil Made Of?
Do you know what makes up soil? Soil is a combination of many different living and non-living things and provides raw materials needed by all living things. In this lesson students will explore a sample of natural soil by identifying and...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Height Limits and Linearity of Bouncy Balls
You might think that plants and animals have little in common with batteries, springs, or slingshots, but they actually do have something in common. Both living and non-living things store and transfer energy from one form to another. In...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Our Big Backyard
An activity for students to fine tune their observation skills using their senses in their own backyard. During this activity, students will record their observation to compare and contrast living things over a period of different seasons.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Water
The Science of Water Teacher's Guide provides a number of inquiry-based activities for grades 3-5 (although it can be expanded for other grades). The guide contains science lessons that enable learners to explore water, behavior of...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: The Carbon Cycle
A comprehensive introduction to the carbon cycle. The cycle of atoms between living and non-living things is known as a biogeochemical cycle. The most common of these are the carbon and nitrogen cycles.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Is Alive?
This lesson is the opening lesson for a unit of study entitled "Why Doesn't A Caterpillar Grow Up To Be An Oak Tree?" during which students take a look at life cycles of plants and animals. This lesson will encourage students to explore...