TOPIC THE CHARACTERISTICS OF

LIVING THINGSGrade 6 CAIE

Module 1The characteristics

of living things1

Guidelines for students for this module:

• As you move through the PPT listen to the video.

• Wherever it is written as ‘ Notes for copy’ please copy only those slides in class work copy not the

other slides

• At the end of all the modules on “The characteristics of living things” we will have a little test of your

learning outcome through the form quiz, try to do it without any help or assistance so that you know

where you stand.

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Notes for copy

Outline:

• Identify the seven characteristics of living things

• Recognize these characteristics in familiar and unfamiliar organisms.

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Notes for copy

Key words

1. Organisms2. Characteristics3. Movement4. Respiration5. Sensitivity6. Growth7. Reproduction8. Excrétion9. Nutrition10.Fungus11.Spores

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1.Great white shark can grow to be 15 feet

long.

2.Fruit flies can grow

from babies to adults in just 7 days.

1. Sunflower will move towards sunlight while they are growing.

2. Corals have tentacles that move in the water to catch food.

1.Bacteria reproduce by dividing themselves in half.

2.The first plant on earth has one parent, not two. Many plants reproduce this way.

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Notes for copy

1.Grows and changes.

2.Move on its own

3.Reproduce

4.Needs water, food and air to stay alive.

LIVING

1.Does not grow

2. Cannot move on its own.

3.Do not reproduce

4. Does not need water, food and air.

NON-LIVING

Everything in the world can be sorted into living and non-living things

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Notes for copy

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Some instructions for slide 9

▪ You must make the mind –map given in the next slide (slide 9)▪ For this you can use both the pages of your notebook.▪ Draw a neat and readable mind –map.▪ Use proper space.

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Notes for copy

Seven Characteristics of living things

Movement: Animals move from one place to another indicating life. Similarly Plants extent their stems and roots to depict movement.

Respiration: A process by which living organisms use oxygen to break food molecules and release energy to stay alive is called respiration.

Growth: Increase in size or movement inside the cells throughout their lifetime is a sign of growth in all living organisms.

Lecture 1:

• Copy Urls and paste in address bar and watch the videos-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpO52VTHecQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHPYRwCWAzM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30qOijVBS7o

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Concept check!

Do this exercise in your notebook. Copy the questionand write the answer in a paragraph.

Thank you!

•Watch out for our next post- “ Looking for life and identifying life”

• Read the topic taught today from your textbook. (page no. 28)

•Watch the videos given in slide 10 for further details.

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