How do you help students move beyond “everything alive has cells” and actually understand the evidence behind it?

This scaffolded worksheet helps students develop a clear understanding that:
-All living things are made of cells
-Organisms may be unicellular or multicellular
-Multicellular organisms contain different types of cells for different jobs
-Non-living things are not made of cells

What’s Included?

✔ Student Cloze Passage (with word bank)
Covers:
-What cells are (basic unit of life)
-Unicellular organisms (with examples: bacteria, amoeba)
-Multicellular organisms (plants, animals, humans)
-Specialised cells performing different functions
-Living vs non-living distinction

✔ Sorting Activities
Living vs Non-Living classification
Unicellular vs Multicellular identification

✔ Application Questions
Students explain:
How to determine if something is living or non-living
The difference between unicellular and multicellular organisms

✔ Answer Key Version Included

✔ Teacher-Friendly & Low Prep
-Print-and-go
-Black & white version for easy photocopying
-Great for independent work, homework, interactive notebooks, sub plans, or lesson consolidation

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