Living, dead or never alive

What it is about

Classify examples using life-process evidence, handling wooden objects carefully.

Year 2 · 6–7 years · 30 challenges

Before you begin

• Year 1 organisms, plant parts, body senses and material descriptions.

What the class will do

1. Sort into groups · 10 challenges

   Sort the life evidence

   Use each real thing’s record. Wood or paper may come from a tree without the whole made object ever being alive.

2. Explore a scene · 10 challenges

   Find the pictured examples

   Select only the labelled objects that fit this question’s rule. Background scenery does not count.

3. Choose and explain · 10 challenges

   Explain your evidence

   Think together, then choose the explanation. Use life processes and the stated history.

Using it in class

Pictures represent real things; faces are decoration. Everyone predicts before a rotating representative acts. Use card evidence and optional narration. A wooden object was never a living organism: its wood came from a tree. Full bank 30–45 minutes; short rounds welcome.

Give everyone time to think and discuss before one pupil acts at the board. The class explains and confirms together; hints and explanations stay until you move on.

Use an up-to-date browser on a computer connected to a whiteboard or shared display. Touch, mouse and keyboard; optional audio and reduced motion. No pupil accounts or personal devices.

Choose from 5 challenges up to the full activity. Discussion determines the duration: you set the pace.