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==Key Stage 1==

It is important to understand whether something is alive, dead or was never alive.

===Examples===
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|[[File:Dog.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Rock.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Tree.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A dog is '''alive'''.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A rock was '''never alive'''
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A tree might not seem to move, but it can and is '''alive'''.
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|[[File:Fly.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Mushroom.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:HorseFossil4.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A fly is '''alive'''.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Even though a mushroom doesn't appear to move it is still '''alive'''.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A skeleton is part of a dead animal. It is not alive anymore.
|}


==Key Stage 2==

It is important to understand whether something is alive, dead or was never alive.

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|[[File:Robot.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Nut.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:AppleFruit.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A robot may seem lifelike but it was '''never alive'''.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A nut is the seed of a tree and can grow into a new tree. Even though it is [[dormant]] it is still '''alive'''.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An apple has been picked from a tree, but it is still '''alive''' until you cook it or eat it. You can tell a dead apple because it has rotted.
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|[[File:Fire.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Wood.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Meat.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Fire was '''never alive'''. It cannot sense its surroundings or move, it can only spread or go out.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The wood inside a tree is dead. Only the bark is alive and once you cut a tree down the bark dies too.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Even before cooking the meat from an animal has been dead since the animal was killed.
|}

===Be Careful!===
: Fire is '''not''' a living thing. You can start a fire without another fire but living things always need other living things to make them. Also fires can spread and they can go out, but they do not grow.
: [[Plant|Plants]] '''can''' move. For example their [[Flower|flowers]] and [[Leaf|leaves]] can turn to face [[The Sun]].

===Note to Teachers===
''For some reason many students falsely identify fire as being alive. In a survey of around 200 students between 11 and 16 years old, roughly 50% identified fire as alive. This unusual misconception is important to challenge early on to prevent further misunderstandings.''

==Key Stage 3==

It is important to understand whether something is alive, dead or was never alive.

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|[[File:Microbe.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Beans.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:ElephantFoetus.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A cell is the basic unit of all living things. A cell is the smallest living part of an organism.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Beans are the seeds of a legume and '''alive''' because when they are planted they will grow into a new plant.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Before it is born a foetus is alive in the womb.
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|[[File:Earth.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:MouthDiagram.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:OakBark.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The Earth is not '''alive''' but all known living things live on the Earth.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The teeth in the mouth are '''alive'''. If a tooth dies, it turns black.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The bark of a tree is '''alive''' but the wood inside is dead.
|}