This document provides information to help students classify living and non-living things. It defines living things as those that are alive and need food, water, and air to survive. Living things can reproduce, grow, and respond to changes. Non-living things do not need to eat or breathe and cannot reproduce or grow. Examples of both living and non-living things are provided to help students practice classifying objects in their environment.

1. CLASSIFYING LIVING
AND NON-LIVING
THINGS
For Grades 1 – 3 Learners
Developed by Margarita Angela Crisostomo and
Ysabel Francine Dela Cruz

2. Objectives
After working on this learning object, you
should be able to:
1. Define what living and non-living things are
2. Enumerate some of the characteristics of
living and non-living things
3. Classify living and non-living things in the
environment

3. What are LIVING THINGS?
What are NON-LIVING THINGS?
Test Yourself!

4. LIVING THINGS
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Living things are things that are alive
•
They need food, water, and air to stay
alive
•
They have the ability to reproduce or
give birth, grow and change on their
own, and respond to changes in
environment
Animals
Plants
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5. Examples of Living Things
Animals
Animals eat food, drink water, and take
in and breathe air.
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6. Examples of Living Things
Animals give birth to their young ones. They
grow as they get bigger and have changes in
their physical appearance. They respond to
changes in environment like running away from
those who attack them.
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7. Examples of Living Things
Plants
Plants get their food through photosynthesis,
take in water through their roots, and take in
air through their leaves.
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8. Examples of Living Things
Plants reproduce, grow as they get taller and
bigger, have changes in their physical
appearance, and respond to changes in
environment like bending towards the direction
of light.
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9. NON-LIVING THINGS
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Non-Living things are things that were
once alive or have never been alive.
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These things do not need food, water,
and air
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These things do not have the ability to
reproduce or give birth, grow and
change on their own, or respond to
changes in environment
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10. Examples of Non-Living Things
Man-made things
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11. Test Yourself!
Classify the following things that can be found in
our environment. Click on “LIVING” button if it
is a living thing and click on “NON-LIVING”
button if it is a non-living thing.
START!
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12. Pig
LIVING
NON-LIVING
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13. You are correct!
It is a living thing. It needs food, water and
air to stay alive. It has the ability to
reproduce or give birth, grow and change
on their own, and respond to changes in
environment.
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14. Try again!
Does it need food, water and air to stay
alive? Does it have the ability to reproduce
or give birth, grow and change on their
own, and respond to changes in
environment?
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15. Butterfly
LIVING
NON-LIVING
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16. You are correct!
It is a living thing. It needs food, water and
air to stay alive. It has the ability to
reproduce or give birth, grow and change
on their own, and respond to changes in
environment.
Next

17. Try again!
Does it need food, water and air to stay
alive? Does it have the ability to reproduce
or give birth, grow and change on their
own, and respond to changes in
environment?
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18. Table
LIVING
NON-LIVING
Back to Start!

19. You are correct!
It is a non-living thing. It does not need
food, water and air to stay alive. It does not
have the ability to reproduce or give birth,
grow and change on their own, and respond
to changes in environment.
Next

20. Try again!
Does it need food, water and air to stay
alive? Does it have the ability to reproduce
or give birth, grow and change on their
own, and respond to changes in
environment?
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21. Jeepney
LIVING
NON-LIVING
Back to Start!

22. You are correct!
It is a non-living thing. It does not need
food, water and air to stay alive. It does not
have the ability to reproduce or give birth,
grow and change on their own, and respond
to changes in environment.
Next

23. Try again!
Does it need food, water and air to stay
alive? Does it have the ability to reproduce
or give birth, grow and change on their
own, and respond to changes in
environment?
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24. Sunflower
LIVING
NON-LIVING
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25. You are correct!
It is a living thing. It needs food, water and
air to stay alive. It has the ability to
reproduce or give birth, grow and change
on their own, and respond to changes in
environment.
Next

26. Try again!
Does it need food, water and air to stay
alive? Does it have the ability to reproduce
or give birth, grow and change on their
own, and respond to changes in
environment?
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27. Penguin
LIVING
NON-LIVING
Back to Start!

28. You are correct!
It is a living thing. It needs food, water and
air to stay alive. It has the ability to
reproduce or give birth, grow and change
on their own, and respond to changes in
environment.
Next

29. Try again!
Does it need food, water and air to stay
alive? Does it have the ability to reproduce
or give birth, grow and change on their
own, and respond to changes in
environment?
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30. Traffic Light
LIVING
NON-LIVING
Back to Start!

31. You are correct!
It is a non-living thing. It does not need
food, water and air to stay alive. It does not
have the ability to reproduce or give birth,
grow and change on their own, and respond
to changes in environment.
Next

32. Try again!
Does it need food, water and air to stay
alive? Does it have the ability to reproduce
or give birth, grow and change on their
own, and respond to changes in
environment?
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33. Ballerina
LIVING
NON-LIVING
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34. You are correct!
A ballerina is a living human being. She
needs food, water and air to stay alive. She
has the ability to reproduce or give birth,
grow and change on her own, and respond
to changes in environment.
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35. Try again!
Does this person need food, water and air to
stay alive? Does this person have the ability
to reproduce or give birth, grow and change
on her own, and respond to changes in
environment?
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36. Grass
LIVING
NON-LIVING
Back to Start!

37. You are correct!
It is a living thing. It needs food, water and
air to stay alive. It has the ability to
reproduce or give birth, grow and change
on their own, and respond to changes in
environment.
Next

38. Try again!
Does it need food, water and air to stay
alive? Does it have the ability to reproduce
or give birth, grow and change on their
own, and respond to changes in
environment?
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39. Cinema House
LIVING
NON-LIVING
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40. You are correct!
It is a non-living thing. It does not need
food, water and air to stay alive. It does not
have the ability to reproduce or give birth,
grow and change on their own, and respond
to changes in environment.
Next

41. Try again!
Does it need food, water and air to stay
alive? Does it have the ability to reproduce
or give birth, grow and change on their
own, and respond to changes in
environment?
Back

42. SUMMARY
• Living things are alive. They need food, water, and
air to live. They reproduce, grow and change, and
respond to changes in the environment.
• Non-Living things are things that were once alive or
have never been alive. These do not need the
basic necessities of living things. These do not
reproduce, grow and change, or respond to
changes in the environment.
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