Alive, not alive, never alive - Worksheet

This worksheet, provided by Focus Education (UK) Ltd, is designed to help learners distinguish between objects that are alive, not alive, or never alive based on their observations of the environment. The task encourages students to categorise items they can see around them into one of the three classifications. The 'Alive' category is for organisms that exhibit life processes, such as growth and respiration, while 'Not alive' refers to things that were once living but are no longer, and 'Never alive' encompasses items that did not and cannot possess life, such as inanimate objects or man-made materials.

In addition to the categorisation task, the worksheet prompts students to consider how animals are classified within these groups and to reflect on the criteria used to sort objects as living, non-living, or never living. This exercise is designed to develop critical thinking and an understanding of basic biological concepts. It encourages observation skills and helps students to apply scientific reasoning to the world around them, thereby enhancing their ability to make distinctions between different states of existence.