Living and Non-Living
How to tell if something is really alive
Free trail · Science · ages 7–8 · 6 stations
Signs of Life
Living things all do the same few things. Flip the cards to find them! 🌱
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You were a tiny baby. Now you are much bigger! A rock never grows.
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Food gives energy. Animals eat it. Plants make their own food from sunlight.
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Every living thing drinks or soaks up water. Leave a plant dry and it droops.
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You breathe air in and out. Fish take air out of the water with their gills.
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Inside the app
The station above is the real thing — and it is one of 6. Inside the app your child plays the whole trail — every station is something they touch, drag and try, each one earns a checkmark, finishing the trail awards an Explorer badge, and the Practice Zone builds a fresh set of questions every visit. Progress is saved to their player, so they can stop and pick it up later.
What your child does, station by station
Learning mode has no timers, no scores and no wrong answers — every station is something the child touches and moves. This trail is one of the free ones, so it opens on any account.
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Signs of Life
Flip cards
Living things all do the same few things. Flip the cards to find them! 🌱
Flip each card to find one sign that something is alive.
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Alive or Not Alive?
Sorting baskets
Sort these into two baskets. Ask yourself: does it grow, eat and make babies?
Tap a chip, then drop it in the right basket.
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What Do They Need?
Matching pairs
Every living thing needs a few basic things. Match them up!
Match each living thing to something it must have to stay alive.
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Tricky Ones
Try it
These ones trick a lot of grown-ups too. Think carefully!
Some things fool people. See if you can spot the truth.
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A Puppy Grows Up
Living things grow and change. Put the puppy story in order!
Tap the steps in the order a puppy grows.
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Practice Zone
Practice Zone
Ten questions matched to this topic — fresh every visit.
Ten questions on this topic. New ones every time you come back.
Free printable worksheet
Ten questions from this topic on one page, with an answer key at the bottom — a PDF you can print for homework, a car journey or a classroom. No account needed and nothing to sign up for. The Practice Zone in the app builds a fresh set every visit; this is a fixed set you can hold.
More Science for ages 7–8
🐾 Animal Groups · 🍽️ What Animals Eat · 🏡 Animal Homes and Habitats · 🦋 Life Cycles · 🌿 Parts of a Plant · ☀️ What Plants Need · 🌰 Seeds and Growing · 🦴 My Body and My Bones
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