Term: 1 Science: Class 3
The City School
Handout Number: Science 1.1.1
Topic: Animals including Humans
Learning Objective:
1.1.1 Identify and describe the life processes common to plants and animals, including nutrition, growth, movement, and
reproduction
What is living?
Talk to your partner. Which things in the picture below are alive and which have never been
alive?
Circle the things that are living.
Which living things in the above diagram grow?
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All living things have seven processes in common
that together set them apart from non-living things.
What do living things need in order
Living things eat and drink-this is called nutrition.
to live?
They move. They have young-this is called
reproduction. These are life processes.
Term: 1 Science: Class 3
Match the phrases to the life processes in the boxes:
Identifying objects which are alive, dead or non-living.
Explore the picture below by
looking at different objects and
learning all about them.
alive: _________________
dead: _________________
non-living: _____________
Term: 1 Science: Class 3
Why do Animals move?
Animals are living things. Animals that are alive carry out four life processes:
• Movement
• Have young (reproduce)
• Need food and water
• Grow
Why do you think animals, including humans, move from place to place?
They move for different reasons, for example to find food or water, or to avoid
danger.
Examples of movements are running, jumping, flying and crawling.
a. Look at the box below. Which are the good reasons for animals to move? Which
are not good reasons? (circle all the good reasons)
Reasons for movement
1. to find food
2. for a change
3. to keep warm
4. to find a mate
5. because it is Tuesday
6. to find water
7. to find a place to live
8. to hide
9. to get away from danger
Living things grow
Think about these questions:
Living things grow. Animals and plants grow. All animals ➢ How big were you as a baby?
➢ What could you not do as a
start as young. We call humans young, babies. baby, compared to what you
can do now?
Plants start as seeds and grow. ➢ What kind of food did you
have when you were born,
Something that was once alive or has never lived, does compared to now?
not grow like living things.
Nutrition
Nutrition is about eating the right foods for health and growth.
• Food is essential for life to develop, reproduce, move, and maintain health.
Term: 1 Science: Class 3
Think about these questions:
• The energy that keeps them moving comes ➢ Why do animals including
humans need nutrition?
from food. ➢ How do you feel when
you skip breakfast?
• A variety of foods are necessary for proper
➢ What was your last meal?
growth and repair in living organisms. Did it come from a plant
or an animal?
• Animals get their food from plants or other
animals.
Reproduction:
Reproduction is the process by which living things produce young, called offspring.
A grown-up animal is called an adult. Adult animals have babies. These babies are
called offspring.
