Hello, everybody.

My name's Mrs. Hart and I'm really excited to be learning with you today.

We're going to have great fun in this lesson and I'll be helping you all the way through it.

So let's get going.

Welcome to today's lesson, "Living or Non-Living." This is from the unit "Living Things and Where They Live".

And by the end of the lesson today, you'll be able to compare and group things into living and non-living.

Let's start our lesson today with our key words.

These are words that are going to help us with our learning and be important in today's lesson.

I would like to say them first.

It will be my turn, and then you can repeat them back to me, your turn.

So our first word is my turn, living.

Your turn.

My turn, alive.

Your turn.

My turn, non-living.

Your turn.

My turn, sort.

Your turn.

Don't worry if you are not sure what some of these words mean.

We're going to find out as we go through today's lesson.

Today's lesson is in three parts.

We're going to start with our first part, which is called living things.

The world is made up of lots of different things.

Some of these things are living and some of these things are not living.

And we can see in the photographs here, some penguins in Antarctica, some trees in a jungle, and some classroom furniture.

Perhaps your classroom looks a little bit like this.

Do you know what a living thing is? Have a look at these photographs and then pause the video to have a think or to have a talk with your partner about which of these might be a living thing and how do you know? Come back when you're ready.

So what did you decide? Did you spot any living things? How did you know that they were living? Let's find out more, shall we? We've got our first check for understanding and it's a true or false check.

The world is made up of living things.

Is that true or is that false? Pause the video now and come back when you've had a chance to have a think and a talk.

What did you decide? The world is made up of living things.

It's false.

But how do we know that? Is it, I think this because the world is made up of living and non-living things? Or is it, I think this because humans are living things? Again, you might like to pause the video to give you time to think or to have a chat and then come back when you've got your answer.

What did you decide in the end? I think this because the world is made up of living and non-living things.

So big well done if that's what you said.

And we're going to find out more about this as we go through our lesson.

A living thing is something that is alive.

How do we know if something is alive? And on this slide, you can see we've got pictures of some donkeys, some tulips, and a pencil.

Which of those do you think is a living thing and how do you know if something is alive? Pause the video now and come back when you've had chance to have a think or a chat.

So what did you decide in the end? Did you spot any things that you think are alive? I think you might have spotted some, but how could you tell that they were alive? How do we know if something's alive? Let's find out more.

A living thing needs things in order to stay alive.

We've got three photographs here.

We've got some humpback whales in the ocean.

We've got a human and we've got a tree.

Do you know what any of these things are? So what are the things that a living thing needs in order to stay alive? I think the pictures might help us with this one.

So pause the video now and have a think or have a chat with your partner.

Do you know what are the things that living things need in order to stay alive? Look closely at those photographs because I think they're going to help you.

Come back when you've had a chance to have a think.

Did you have a really good look? Did you spot anything? Let's find out some more, shall we? A living thing needs food, water, and air to stay alive.

Did you spot that in the slide before with the humpback whales breathing on the surface of the ocean and the child having their pizza and their glass of water? Perhaps you saw the plant's roots going into the ground.

But these are the things a living thing needs to stay alive.

A living thing needs food, water, and air to stay alive.

Air is all around us and we can see in this picture of trees and dandelions, we can see the sky full of fresh air.

Then we can see a chameleon eating its lunch there with its long tongue.

And then can you see the rhinoceros having a drink of water? These are the things that a living thing needs to stay alive.

Here's our check for understanding.

To stay alive, living things need food, water, and toys, television, or air? Which do you think it is? Pause the video now to have a think or have a talk with a partner and come back when you've worked out the answer.

So what did you decide? To stay alive, living things need food, water, and that's right, they need air.

It might feel as if you can't live without your toys and without television, but you can because living things need food, water and air.

Well done if that's what you said.

We've got another check.

It's a cold January morning.

Andeep and Jacob are observing, so they're looking closely, at an oak tree in their school field.

Andeep says, "This tree is a living thing.

It will grow new leaves in the spring.

It still needs food, water, and air to stay alive." Jacob says, "This tree is not a living thing because it isn't growing, and its leaves have fallen off." Who do you agree with? Pause the video now and have a chat with your partner and then come back when you've decided if you agree with Andeep or with Jacob.

Did you have a chance to have a chat and a bit of a think? Who did you agree with in the end? Let's find out, shall we? Andeep was right.

The tree is a living thing.

An oak tree is a type of tree that loses its leaves in the winter.

So it might look as if it's not growing and maybe it's dead, but actually it is still alive.

It will grow new leaves later in the year.

So it will still need food, water, and air to stay alive.

So great work if that's what you said too.

Well done, Andeep.

And this is our first task today.

Go on a scavenger hunt to find things that are living.

Record what you find in words and pictures.

Sam's giving us a tip here.

She says, "Remember that living things need food, water, and air to stay alive." That is great advice, Sam.

Thank you.

So you need to go inside and outside to go and look for living things.

Make sure you check with your teacher or your grownup before you leave the room.

You might need to put on some coats or welly boots if it's cold, or if it's a hot day, you might even need some sun cream.

You're going to find things that are living, and I would like you to observe these with your eyes today please.

And you can record what you found in pictures and in words.

I can't wait to hear about what you find.

Pause the video now and off you go for your scavenger hunt.

You're back again.

How did you get on? Did you go outside? Perhaps it's raining a lot and you had to stay inside.

But I'm sure wherever you went, that you found some living things.

So this is what Sam found on her scavenger hunt.

In her class, they've got a hamster and she spotted the hamster.

She could also see different humans in the class.

These are all living things.

She saw some plants growing outside and also the school field with its grass and its trees.

And today Sam also spotted a seagull, another living thing.

What did you find? Did you find some living things indoors? Did you have the chance to either look through the window outdoors or perhaps you went outdoors? What did you find out there? I'm super impressed, everybody.

Great job finding living things.

Well done.

Now we are moving on to the next part of our lesson, and this part of the lesson is called non-living things.

Not everything in the world is living.

And living is one of our keywords today, isn't it? We know that something that is living is alive, but not everything in the world is alive.

And here we can see a hummingbird, we can see some chairs, and we can see an iguana, which is a type of lizard.

Do you observe? Do you notice anything here that is not living? Have a really good look at these photographs.

What can you see? That's right.

The chairs are not living.

They don't need food and water and air in order to stay alive.

They are non-living things.

Well done if that's what you said too.

When we talk about things that are not living, we call them non-living things.

And here we can see some daisies growing in the school field, a plate from the school kitchen and a stag beetle on a tree.

Which of these is a non-living thing? Remember, a non-living thing is something that is not living.

It does not need air.

It does not need food or water because it is not living.

Which of these do you think is a non-living thing? Well done.

It's the plate.

That's great work, everybody.

The daisies are plants which are growing in the school field and a stag beetle needs food and water and air to stay alive.

So well done if you said the plate.

Here's our next check.

Which of these is a non-living thing? Is it a tree in winter, a cup, or a crocodile? Pause the video to have a chance to have a bit of a think and a chat with your partner, and work out which of these is a non-living thing.

What did you decide? Well, this was slightly tricky because the tree, well, hasn't got any leaves on it.

Does that mean it's non-living? Oh, you're right.

Perhaps its leaves are going to grow later in the year.

Perhaps they've just fallen off for the winter.

Okay, so not the tree.

What about the cup? Does that need food and air and water to survive and stay alive? No it doesn't.

You are right.

It must be the cup that's the non-living thing.

Well done if that's what you said too.

Non-living things do not have the same needs as living things.

Non-living things do not need food, water, or air because they are not alive.

And here we can see photographs of fire, sunflower seeds and clouds.

Do you think that each of these is a living or a non-living thing? So I would like you to have a look at each photograph and have a think or have a talk about are these living or non-living? We know that living things need food, water, and air to survive.

So is fire a living thing? What about sunflower seeds and clouds? You might like to pause the video to give yourself time to have a think about this one.

Well, these were interesting to think about, weren't they? What did you decide? Do you think fire is a living thing? It moves, doesn't it? And it needs wood to keep on burning.

But no, I don't think it's a living thing.

It isn't like other living things like plants or animals, is it? It doesn't do the same things.

I don't think that fire is a living thing.

What about the sunflower seeds? Now these do need certain things in order to start growing to become sunflowers.

So although they're not a plant yet, they will be a plant if they get these things.

They mustn't get too cold.

They mustn't get too dry either.

So yes, although they're not a plant yet, the sunflower seeds are alive.

What about clouds? We see those a lot, don't we? Moving in the sky.

Do you think the clouds are alive? No, they're not a living thing.

And well done if that's what you said.

I hope you had some really interesting chats about these because the answers aren't always straightforward, are they? But as long as you're able to explain why you think things, then you're being an excellent scientist.

So well done.

Here's our next check.

True or false? Non-living things need food, water, and air to stay alive.

What do you think? Is that true or false? Pause the video now.

Well, this is something we've talked about a bit during this lesson, haven't we? So I'm hoping that you said it was false.

Non-living things don't need food, water, and air to stay alive.

So how do we know this? Is it, I think this because non-living things are all made of plastic? Or is it, I think this because non-living things are not alive? Again, pause the video now.

What did you think? I think this because non-living things are not alive.

And as we said, things that are not alive, that are non-living, they don't need food, water, and air to stay alive because they're not alive.

Well done if that's what you said.

And now we're onto our next task.

This task is similar to the first one.

I would like you to go on a scavenger hunt to find things that are non-living this time.

Again, you are going to need to check with a grownup or your teacher before you leave the classroom or the room that you are in.

You might need a coat, you might need wellies, you might need sun cream.

But this time I would like you to find things that are non-living.

Again, I'd like you to record what you find.

You can use pictures, you can use words.

You can tell your partner or your adult about it.

I'd like you to look around for things that are non-living.

Good luck, everybody.

Well, Lucas has been doing this task too, and he found lots of things that are non-living.

He says, "I found these non-living things.

What did you find?" So Lucas found a pencil case.

He found some books.

He saw some cars as well from the playground.

He saw some chairs and he found some playground equipment, and he observed that these are all non-living things.

Did you see any of these on your scavenger hunt? Perhaps you saw something different.

What else did you see when you were out looking? Well, great work, everybody.

Excellent finding of non-living things.

And here's our next task.

I'm going to need some help with this one.

Got my helper here today.

So what can the brown bear do that the teddy bear cannot do? Now I haven't got a brown bear with me.

I have got a teddy bear.

So I'd like you to have a look at the photographs and what can the brown bear do that the teddy bear cannot do? You might have a teddy bear in your classroom that you could use to help you.

So you might like to ask your teacher or your grownup to go and get that.

What can the brown bear do that the teddy bear cannot do? This is a talking task.

So we'll see you afterwards.

How did you get on? Well, Laura says, "The brown bear can move on its own.

It finds its own food and drink.

The brown bear can breathe.

It can get rid of waste." Lucas says, "The teddy bear cannot move on its own." No, he can't.

I can make him wave, but I'm doing that.

Not him.

It cannot eat or drink.

It cannot breathe and it does not get rid of waste.

Did you say something similar? Maybe you did.

I hope so.

Well done, everybody.

And now we're onto the last part of our lesson.

This part of the lesson is sorting things that are living and non-living.

We can sort things into groups.

When we do this, we are classifying things.

To do this, we observe what is similar and what is different.

So we're going to look really closely to see what is similar or the same, and what is different.

And that will help us to group things into living and non-living.

Aisha is sorting living and non-living things.

Aisha says, "Living things need food, water, and air to stay alive and non-living things do not need these things because they are not alive." Oh, that's excellent, Aisha.

You've been listening really carefully.

Well done.

So into the living group, she has put a wasp and an oak tree.

I wonder what she's put into the non-living group.

What would you put there? Great ideas.

Should we see if Aisha chose the same? She's put scissors and a jumper into that group.

Is that what you said? Perhaps you said something different.

What else could Aisha add to her sorting hoops.

You might like to pause the video now to have a chat.

What could she sort into the living hoop and what could she sort into the non-living hoop? Pause the video now.

Well, what did you decide? She could have put other children into the living hoop, or perhaps you've got a class hamster or some goldfish.

Perhaps she could have put a different plant in the living hoop.

What about non-living? She could put a teddy bear in there or some books or a chair.

Great work, everyone.

And here's our next check.

Izzy and Lucas are working together on this one.

They've been sorting living and non-living things.

So into the living group, they've put a tree, a rat, and a crocodile toy.

And into the non-living group, they've put a penguin toy, cactus, a clock.

Do you agree with Lucas and Izzy? Have they sorted everything correctly? Pause the video now and have a really good look.

Come back when you're ready.

So what did you decide? Did you have a really good look? Well, in the living group, I can see a tree.

Yep, that's a living thing.

We know that plants are living things, and the rat as well.

Yeah, that looks like it's living.

A crocodile toy, should that be there? No, I don't think so either.

If it was a real crocodile, it could go there, but not a crocodile toy.

That's not living.

So the crocodile toy is in the wrong hoop.

What about the non-living hoop.

Well, the penguin toy, that's non-living.

So that's great work by Izzy and Lucas.

What about the cactus? Well, a cactus is a type of plant.

It's a living thing.

So no, they haven't put that in the right hoop, have they? Oh dear.

And the clock, well, that's not a living thing, is it? It doesn't need food, air, and water to stay alive.

So the crocodile toy and the cactus have been sorted incorrectly.

Well done if you spotted that too.

And here we have our next task.

I would like you to sort these things into living and non-living.

You've got a plant, a car, clouds, salmon, a glass, a fly, a toy parrot, some tadpoles, a book, and a tree.

So you are going to need two sorting hoops, one for living and one for non-living.

And I would like you to look carefully at each of these things to sort them correctly.

Happy sorting.

Well, how did you get on? I'm hoping that you have sorted the things that need food, air, and water that are alive into the living group.

So you should have the plant, the tap poles, the tree, a fly, and the salmon in that group.

Well done if that's what you said.

And non-living, the things that are not alive.

Well, in this group you should have the toy parrot, the car, clouds, the book, and the glass.

And well done if that's what you said too.

Excellent sorting today.

So now we've come to the end of our lesson and these are the things that we've learned today.

The world is made up of things that are living and not living.

Living things are alive.

They need food, water, and air to stay alive.

Not living things are not alive.

They can be called non-living.

They do not need food, water, or air.

We can compare and group living and non-living things by looking at things that are the same and things that are different.

I've really enjoyed learning with you today and finding out about things that are living and not living.

I enjoyed the scavenger hunts and all the different things that you found, and I hope that you managed to sort those things into living and non-living.

It's been great fun.

I'll see you soon.

Bye.