Preview: Living vs Non-Living Worksheet
2 pages🌱 Living vs Non-Living Things
🌱 Living vs Non-Living
✅ Need food & water
✅ Can make babies (reproduce)
Examples: dog, tree, person, fish
❌ Do not eat or drink
❌ Cannot reproduce
Examples: rock, chair, water, toy
📖 Reading Passage
Living things 🌱 grow, need food and water, and can reproduce — like animals, plants, and people. Non-living things 🪨 do not grow, do not eat, and cannot make more of themselves — like rocks, chairs, and toys. A dog 🐕 eats, grows, and can have puppies → it is living. A chair 🪑 does not eat or grow → it is non-living. Hint: just because something moves doesn't mean it's alive — a car moves but is non-living!
❓ Comprehension Questions
🌱🪨 Living or Non-Living?
Circle L for Living or N for Non-Living.
✅ True or False
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About This Living vs Non-Living Worksheet
This free printable living vs non-living worksheet introduces core science concepts through observation, classification, and simple inquiry. Students connect vocabulary to the real world with examples they can see and touch.
What Students Will Learn
Students learn to observe carefully, classify objects and living things, and explain basic scientific concepts in their own words. They practice the inquiry cycle — observe, ask, predict, and check — that underlies all science.
How Teachers Can Use This Worksheet
- Live demonstration: Open with a simple demonstration or real object related to the topic so students observe before they label.
- Sorting station: Have students sort pictures or objects into categories before completing the worksheet, activating prior knowledge.
- Vocabulary check: Ask students to explain each new term in their own words, not just repeat the definition.
How Parents and Homeschoolers Can Use This Worksheet
Explore science in everyday life — talk about the weather, plants, animals, and how things work. Try simple experiments like freezing water or growing a seed. Asking "what do you notice?" builds the observation habit at the heart of science.
Skills Covered
scientific observation · vocabulary · classification · understanding concepts · critical thinking