Grade 1 Science: Living and Non-Living Things

Free Grade 1 Science unit on Living and Non-Living Things: 9 lessons in order. Includes practice questions and answer keys.

9 lessons in this unit

Learn what living things are and find the plants, animals and people that are alive.

Find the signs that show something is alive: growing, needing food, water and air, having young and reacting.

Sort things into living, non-living and once living, and give reasons using signs of life.

Learn how we know plants are alive: they grow, need water and light, make seeds and react.

Learn that animals are living things that move, eat, breathe, grow and have young.

Find out what plants and animals need to live and grow: food, water, air and a safe place.

See how living things grow and change: a seed becomes a plant and a baby becomes a child.

Look for plants and animals in the places around us, such as the garden, the pond and the school yard.

Learn how to care for plants, pets and other living things by giving them what they need and being gentle.