Living and Non-Living Things

🎯 Grades K–2 | Real Photos | Hands-On Science Activities | No-Prep + Interactive Journal

Get your students excited about science with this comprehensive and engaging Living and Non-Living Things unit! With real-life photo sorting cards, interactive notebook pieces, and no-prep printables, this resource makes it easy to introduce the foundational concepts of life science in a fun, hands-on way.

Perfect for whole-class instruction, science centers, small groups, or interactive notebooks, this unit supports young learners as they explore, observe, and describe the differences between living and non-living things.

🧩 What’s Included:

🖼️ Sorting Cards (Real Photos):

• Students sort images under the correct headers: Living or Non-Living

📝 Recording Sheets:

• Multiple versions to match different ability levels or classroom needs

🖍️ No-Prep Printables Include:

• Draw and label living vs. non-living things
• Compare and write about one living and one non-living thing
• Cut-and-paste sorting activity
• Spin & color: living vs. non-living
• Find and circle the correct items
• Graphic organizer
• “What Do Living Things Need?” – writing & drawing page
• Flap book: A Living Thing Needs...
• Cut and paste: “Does it Grow?” / “Does it Need Food & Water?”
• Word searches for both living and non-living terms
• Define “Living” and “Non-Living”
• Compare & contrast activity
• Scavenger Hunt page
• Summarizing page – great for unit wrap-up or assessment

📘 Interactive Science Journal Activities:

• Draw & label
• Define living and non-living
• Picture sort (cut & paste)
• Foldable activity for sorting living vs. non-living things

💡 Perfect For:

• Kindergarten through 2nd grade science units
• Homeschool science lessons
• Sub plans or science centers
• Hands-on exploration and vocabulary building
• NGSS-aligned science instruction