Video: What is a living thing?

﻿Hi everyone, I'm Miss Harris and welcome to our first lesson of our Animal Kingdom unit. Today, we are going to be learning about what is a living thing? Should we see what else we're going to learn? Great, so we are going to be learning about what a scientist is, what a living thing is, features of a living thing and then we're going to look at the types of diets. So what animals might eat, and then we're going to do our end of lesson quiz, where can show off everything that you have learned. Now, each lesson, Miss Harris is going to put a different habitat on her background. Now, my background at the moment is a pond. Now I want you to think about what animals live in a pond or near a pond, because at the end of the lesson, I'm going to ask you to tell me one animal that you know, that lives in a pond. Does that sound okay? Well done, okay. So for today's lesson, you will need an exercise book or a piece of paper, a pencil, a coloured pencil, and your brain. You can fill it with lots of new learning. Now, if you need to get any of these things, you can pause the video and go and get them now. Great. So, these are our star words. These are the important words that we are going to be using this lesson, so it's important that we practise saying them out loud. That means actually using your voice, not just saying it in your head, you ready? So I'm going to do it, then you do it, ready? Living. Did you say it? Are you sure? Living. Great job. Waste. Reproduce. Survive. Feeding. That means to eat. Growing. Air. Should we do them even faster? Ready? Living. Waste. Reproduce. Survive. Air. Feeding. Growing. Good job. So we are scientists. A scientist is a very special person, and that's what we are going to be in this unit of work. A scientist is a person who studies the world around us, including things, living and nonliving. Let's do those actions. Could you help me join in? Okay, ready? So, it's a person who studies the world, draw the world, around us, including things living and nonliving. So Miss Harris, what is a living thing? Let's have a look. So, a living thing is something which can breathe, can eat, can produce waste, so go to the toilet, can reproduce, to have babies and also can communicate with each other. So, here are some pictures of some living things and nonliving things. Which things here cannot breathe? So like this. Which things can not breathe? Can the elephant breathe? Yeah. Do you think that the books can breathe? No, Miss Harris is being silly. So, which side of my slideshow, are living things, which side? Is it the side with the animals or is it the side with the pots and pans and the books? Which side do you think? You're right, this side. The animals in the are the living things. So we are are going to learn all about lots of animals in this unit. Things that are living. Great, well done. Now, another fun thing I'm going to do each lesson in this unit, is I am going to ask you to find an animal, which is on the screen. I'm going to describe it and I would like you to find it, so we can get our brain all nice and warmed up. Are you ready? So let me make it bigger so you can see it. Now, the animal I'm thinking of, I'd like you to point out is, has two long legs. It has a long pointy beak. It has feathers. It can fly and it's pink. What animal is Ms. Harris thinking of? Can you find it? Ready? Three, two, one. It's a Flamingo. Can you see it in the blue circle? Did you find it? Well done, great job. Well done, now your brains are warmed up. So for our first task, I would like you to point using your finger, to all of the living things that you can see on here. So pause the video and do that now. Okay, are you ready? Let's see which things are living. Are they all the ones that you pointed to? Well done, so we've got a crab, a lion, a butterfly, a fish, a shark and a Flamingo that we found in the first picture. Great job. Now I think your brain is nice and warmed up, do you? Good. So let's learn about the features of a living thing. So what makes something living? So the first thing, is that all animals breathe in some way. Some animals are able to breathe underwater because they have special parts of their bodies, special organs that help them to breathe underwater. Whereas some animals have something called lungs. So they're like two big bags inside your chest and when you breathe, they fill up with air. You ready? So put your hands. I want you to put your hands, just underneath your armpits here and then I want you to take a deep breath, ready? I breathe out. Did you feel your lungs fill with air? So we can't touch our lungs, because they are covered by a big cage like this. Is called the rib cage. It protects all the special organs inside our body. So we're going to put our hands here and we're going to breathe in again and breathe out. So all animals, all living things can breathe. So here are lots of different apparatus, that allow animals to breathe. So we've got fish, amphibians which are different type of animal, reptiles, birds and mammals. So fish breathe with gills. Amphibians can breathe with a pair of lungs like us. So can reptiles, so can birds and then we've got mammals, which is what type of animal we are, who can breathe. So the second feature of a living thing, is we have got feeding, that means to eat. Have you eaten something today so far? What did you eat? Good, so that shows that you're a living thing, because you need to be able to eat so that you can survive. So here we can see some animals eating, lots of different things. Some animals eat meat, some eat plants or some eat both and that's okay. So, here's a pause point. So this is part of the lesson. I'm going to ask you to pause the video and answer the question that you can see on here. So I'm going to read it first. So name two features of a living thing. So look at the pictures. Can you tell me two features of a living thing and then press play when you're done. So pause the video now. Okay, what features can you see here? Breathing, good. Breathing and? Feeding, good, eating, well done. The next feature, is something called reproduce. Can you say that word? So reproduce, it's just basically when an animal has a baby. So we can see here, lots of animals with their babies. All living things can reproduce. They can give birth to an animal. They can produce either eggs or they can give birth to a live young. So, like an elephant. It doesn't have an egg. The elephant will come out when it's been inside the mother for a long time and then it will give birth to the baby, baby elephant and then it will be happy and nice and healthy, hopefully. So another thing that all living beings can do, is go to the toilet. And yes, I am talking about animals going for a poo. All animals have to go to the toilet, because otherwise, they would get a very very sore tummy, wouldn't they? So all living things can reproduce to have babies and produce waste. So go to the toilet. Here's another bullet point. Can you name these two features? Press play, when you're done. Well done. So we've got reproduce, the animals having babies and producing waste. Now, the last feature of a living thing, is growing and changing. Now over time, all animals will be born in some way and they will be really small and really fragile and they will need to grow up and change, so that they can survive and protect themselves. So us as humans, the females will give birth to a baby. Hmmh yeah. And that baby is a baby forever? No, it will eventually grow up into an adult like me. Or it might grow into a toddler, then into a child, then into a teenager, then to a young adult, then an adult, then an elderly person and then, at the end of the life cycle, like all animals, eventually all animals die and that's okay, because we can't live forever, not everything that's forever. So animals need to grow and change and that's perfectly normal. So, I would like you to use your finger, to connect the feature to the label at the bottom here. So you're going to look at the picture and then you're going to find it's label. So I'm going to go mmh, okay? So pause the video, do that now. Well done, let's check if you were right. Let's see. So we've got waste, growing and changing. Feeding, reproduce and breathing. Great job. Okay, now, in your book with your pencil, I would like you to write down the name of each feature. So first, you are going to draw the little picture and then write the word next to it, to identify the feature. So pause the video and do that now. You are working so hard, well done. Now pick up your coloured pencil. We are going to do something called ticking or fixing. Now, if we tick the answer, that means that it's right. We've got it right. If we need to fix it, that's okay. That means we're going to put a nice neat line through it and write it above it, okay? So here are the right answers. We've got waste, growing and changing. Feeding, reproduce and breathing. If you've got any of those right, give yourself a tick. If you didn't, now you can pause the video and you can check your answers using your coloured pen or pencil. Now, I'm going to read a sentence and I would like you to find the missing word to my sentence. Are you ready? So these are all the words. We've got waste, air, food and growing and changing. So I'm going to read a sentence, you're going to shout out to the screen, the answer to finish my sentence, ready? So here's the first one, or you can point to it on the screen. If you are a living thing, you need to, you need mmmh to breathe. If you are a living thing, you need mmmh to breathe. What do you need to breathe? Choose one of the words. Did you say air? Well done, if you are a living thing, you need air to breathe. Virtual high five, ready? Three, two, one go. Good job. Next one. If you are a living thing, you need mmmh to eat. Which word am I looking for? If you are a living thing, you need mmmh to eat. You need food, well done. We all need food to eat, good job. Okay, next one. It's two more. If you are a living thing, you will need mmmh and mmmh. Should I say it again? If you are a living thing you will mmmh and mmmh. Which one's got the word under it? If you are a living thing you will mmmh and mmmh. If you are a living thing, you will grow and change. You will be growing and changing throughout your life. Well done. The last one, number four. If you are a living thing you will produce mmmh. What will you produce, if you're living thing? This word, yeah, waste. You'll produce waste. You will need to go to the toilet, you're right. So now, let's move on to looking at types of diets. Now, a diet is what an animal eats, okay? So us as humans, we can choose what we would like to eat, but lots of other animals, they are bread and they are not really given a choice. They're not given a plate to look at. They have to hunt for an animal, or go and search for a plant that they would like to eat. So, carnivore. A carnivore is an living thing, which eats only meat. What does a carnivore eat? Only meat, you're right. So like a lion, they only eat meat, so other animals. Because all living things, need to eat another living thing, whether that's a plant or an animal. So the next type of diet is a herbivore. What's it called? So a herbivore only eats plants. So here we can see a giraffe. Giraffes are herbivores. They only eat plants. So they eat a living thing, which is a plant. They do not eat other animals. Then lastly, we've got something called an omnivore. What's it called? An omnivore is an animal, a living thing, which eats both meat and plants, okay? So they can choose whether they would like to eat meat that day or plant that day, whichever one that they can find or hunt for. So you ready? Going to test you now. In a moment I'd like you to pause the video and answer this question. What does a herbivore eat? Does a herbivore eat plants, meat or meat and plants? Pause the video and answer that now. So a herbivore only eats plants. Did you get that one right? So now, in your exercise book or on your piece of paper, I would like you to finish this sentence. So the first sentence, you are going to write it down and then choose a word from the bottom, to fill in the gap. So the first one says, animals that only eat meat are called mmmh. So are they carnivores, herbivores or omnivores? Pause the video, write that sentence down and fill in the gaps. Well done, ready for number two? Animals which eat both meat and plants are called mmmh. Pause the video, write that sentence down and fill in the gap. And the last one, animals that only eat plants are called mmmh. Pause the video and answer that. Sorry, fill in the gap to that sentence. You are working super hard, well done. Now pick up your coloured pen or pencil. We are going to check our answers, to see if we got them right. You ready? Are you sure? Here we go. So number one, animals that only eat meat are called carnivores. Give yourself a tick, if you got that right. If you didn't, don't worry because in a moment, you can pause the video and check them. Number two, animals which eat both meat and plants are called omnivores. Give yourself a tick, if you got that one right. And lastly, animals that only eat plants are called herbivores. Now, if you got any of those wrong, don't worry. You can pause the video now and you can correct your sentence, using your coloured pen or pencil. Do that now. Well done. Now, we've reached the end of our lesson. So what that means, it's time to do the end of lesson quiz, where you can test everything that you've learned today, to see how much you've learned. But before we go, can you tell me animal which lives in a pond? Can you tell me? Tell the screen. Yeah, so fish live in ponds. Frogs live in ponds. Well done, also tiny teeny-weeny, little animals, little fish, also live in ponds and you might see frogs born as well in a pond sometimes, depending on the season. Well done, great job. As I said, great job. I hope you have a great rest of your day and I will see you for lesson two, bye.

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In this lesson, we will be learning about living things and the features of living things. All living things need to be able to breathe, produce waste, grow and change, feed and reproduce. We will then finish the lesson looking in more detail at different types of diets that animals may have. You will need a piece of paper, a pencil and most importantly your brain!

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