Living and Non-Living

Living and Non- living things. This video helps kids to understand the difference between living and non-living things in the simplest of terms. You can follow along using the script below: Is it living or non-living? How do we know? Is water living or non-living? If you guessed non-living, you are right? Water doesn?t need food to survive. It doesn?t breathe and it doesn?t move, unless it?s moved by someone or something else! It is non-living. Are these geese in the water living or non-living? If you guessed living, you?re correct! They move. They eat. They breathe. They produce young. They?re living beings. Is this dog living or non-living? If you guessed living, you?re correct. She?s living because she breathes, she moves, she reproduces and she eats. She?s living. Is this dog living or non-living? If you guessed non-living, you?re correct! It doesn?t move, it doesn?t breathe, it doesn?t eat, it doesn?t grow and it doesn?t reproduce. It?s non-living. Are the tree and plants living or non-living? If you guessed living, you?re correct. Trees and plants grow. They move. They breathe. And they reproduce. They are living. Is this apple living or non-living? If you guessed non-living, you?re correct! Even though it was grew on a tree and once living, now that it has been harvested, it is non-living. It no longer grows. It will not need nutrients from the soil. It will not reproduce. And it does not move. It is non-living. Is this turtle living or non-living? If you guessed living, you?re correct! This turtle eats, breathes, grows, produces babies and moves. He is living. Are these rocks and dirt living or non-living? If you guessed non-living, you?re correct! They do not move or grow. They do not need to eat or breathe. They are non-living. Is this clock living or non-living? If you guessed non-living, you?re correct! Although it?s moving, it?s breathing because of machinery. It does not move on its own. It does not grow. It does not eat. It does not reproduce. It is non-living. What about these books? Are they living or non-living? If you guessed non-living, you?re correct. They do not grow or breathe or eat or move! They are non-living.