Pakistan International School, Riyadh

Science
GRADE III
Lecture 1 (Week 1)
Unit 3 LIVING ON EARTH
TOPIC Movement
Growth

Pg. 23 - 24
Today we will learn
Different types of movement in plants
Describe the movement in animals
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RECALL PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE

What are living things?
All living things have the ability to
move, grow, eat, feel, breathe and
reproduce without outside help.

What are non-living things?

What are the characteristics of
living things???

Living things can move.

Living things can grow.
Living things need food and water.
Living things can breathe.
Living things can feel.
Living things can reproduce.
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Give birth
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PLANT MOVEMENT
Higher plants, being fixed to
soil, cannot move from place to Plants move in response
place. Really, have you ever to:
seen a tree with legs?

* light

* touch
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Sunflowers begin the

day with their heads
facing east, swing west
through the day, and
turn back to the east at
night.
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Morning Glory Touch me not

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MOVEMENT
Most animals move from
place to place in search of
food, water, shelter, and to
avoid danger.
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2. GROWTH
• All animals have babies
which grow and resemble
their parents.
• Plants produce seeds which
grow into new plants.
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Seed grows into a plant

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Some baby animals do not look like their parents

Butterfly Flies Frog

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Grown up
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➢ Read Page 23 - 24
➢ Revise all the concept
mentioned on Pg. 23 – 24
➢ Complete Q.iv. On copy
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iv. Which flowers show us that plants move? How do they
move?
Ans: Sunflowers and Morning glory show us that
plants move. Sunflower move in the direction of
the Sun. The petals of the Morning glory open
each morning.
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Q1. What do living things

need to survive?
Ans: In order to survive, all living things
need air, water, and food..
Q2. What are the characteristic of living things?
Ans: Living things move, grow, breathe, eat, feel and
reproduce.
Q3. What is movement?
Ans: Movement is the state of changing something's
position.
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Q4.What are the different ways in which

animals move?
Ans:Animals move around in many different
ways using different body parts
legs, fins, flippers, wings, tails.
Q5. Do plants move ?
Ans: Yes, some plants can move. Plant movements
include movements toward light, opening and closing of
flowers.
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Unit 3 Living on Earth

Topic: feeding & feeling
Pg. 24 - 25
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