eSchool Today
E School Today: Your Revision Notes on the Characteristics of Living Things
Discusses the five characteristics that living things have and nonliving things do not.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Needs of Living Things: Pre Assessment
This is a pre-assessment to be done at the beginning of a unit on the needs of living things. Students draw themselves and what they need to survive. The lesson can be downloaded in PDF format.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Needs of Living Things: Post Assessment
A post-assessment at the end of a unit on the needs of living things. The lesson materials can be downloaded in PDF format.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Living Things and Their Needs Teacher's Guide
This is a free downloadable teacher's guide (PDF) to teach young children (grades K-2) about living things and their needs.
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Nelson Science: Healthy Ecosystems: The Needs of Living Things [Pdf]
A 4-page section of the Grade 7 Nelson Science and Technology Perspectives textbook. It looks at what organisms need to survive, specifically sunlight, air, water, and food. This is a visually-rich text with tips to help students'...
eSchool Today
E School Today: Your Revision Notes on the Needs of Living Things
Learn about the five things that all living things need to survive and why they are critical for both plants and animals.
Utah Education Network
Uen: How Do I Survive?
Compare and contrast the characteristics of living things in different habitats.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Living Things and Their Needs: Animals' Needs
Students learn about the basic needs of animals by creating and observing a worm terrarium. The lesson and student worksheets can be downloaded in PDF format.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Characteristics of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How do you define a living thing? What do mushrooms, daisies, cats, and bacteria have in common? All of these are living things, or organisms. It might seem hard to...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Characteristics of Life
Covers seven characteristics shared by all living organisms.[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Characteristics of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the characteristics of life.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Characteristics of Life
Describes the characteristics of life. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Characteristics of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the characteristics of life.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Introduction to the Characteristics of Life
Earth is the only place we have found life so far. The following tutorial provides a unique look into the characteristics of life.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Living Things and Their Needs: Plant or Animal?
In this lesson, students investigate and compare the needs of plants and animals. The lesson can be downloaded in PDF format.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Characteristics of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Videos, texts, activities, and assessments about the factors that characterize living things.
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Characteristics of Living Things
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains the characteristics of living things. There are categorization activities and assessment questions.
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Science4 Us: Living/nonliving
Students explore the similarities and differences between living and nonliving things and learn four characteristics that all living things share (they have needs, they are made up of parts, they respond to change, they reproduce)....
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 1.8 Characteristics of Life
Discover the five characteristics that all living things have in common.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: The 5 Significant Kingdoms of Living Things
Describes the characteristics of the five kingdoms of living things - Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.
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.
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.
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Biology at Shaw High School: What Do Living Things Need to Survive?
Discusses the interrelatedness of all living things and of ecosystems and biomes, and what organisms need to survive and to maximize the carrying capacity of an ecosystem. This explanation is followed by a series of activities including...