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LIFE AND LIVING
GRADE
4 Living and non-living

things

Overview

This topic encompasses the CAPS content of ‘Living and Non-
living things’ and ‘Need for a habitat’.

The Essential questions for learners in this section are:
• What is living?
• Why are there ambiguities about what is “life”?
• How are living things interconnected?
• What do living things need in order to stay alive?

The activities covered in this section are:
Activity 1 Tuning in: Characteristics of living things
Activity 2 Finding out more: Compare and contrast
Activity 3 Trying out new ideas: Living and non-living objects
Activity 4 Decide together: Living and non-living connected

Key concepts

• There are many different kinds of living things
• Living plants and animals can carry out all of the seven
life processes – feeding, growing, reproducing, breathing,
excreting, sensing, moving
• Some things appear not to be living but carry on ‘living’
given the right conditions
• Non-living things cannot carry out all of the seven life
processes
• Some things were living and are now dead
• Animals need a habitat for food, water, a place to shelter,
have babies and escape from dangers

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