Living, Dead, or Never Alive Song (PART OF A 10-SONG COLLECTION)

“''Excellent video and lovely clear information in the song. This makes for a very useful teaching tool for home learning. Thank you!'' ” - Eviklyn [Year 1 Teacher]

— reviewed resource from our original Year 1 collection via TES

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Incorporate inclusive teaching methods into your science lessons with this unique, multi-sensory resource.

This song is featured in our live school assemblies and interactive STEM workshops. Every booking includes full post-performance classroom activity sets mapped to the KS1 and K-1 science curriculum, giving your teachers ready-to-use resources to continue the learning in class.

Lyrics: Living Non-Living Things Song

I was out in the park the other day
When a huge green blob got in my way
It slid so fast and then stopped still
then I asked myself?

Does it eat? Does it poop? Does it grow breathe and move
Can it make more of its kind if you poke it does it mind?
Does it eat? Does it poop? Does it grow breathe and move?
If it does all these things it's alive

I pressed my ear against the blob
I couldn't find its chest or even its gob
I listened for ages and then gave up
And I asked myself

Does it eat? Does it poop? Does it grow breathe and move
Can it make more of its kind if you poke it? Does it mind?
Does it eat? Does it poop
Does it grow breathe and move? If it does all these things it's alive

Eating pooping growing moving breathing reacting reproducing
These are the seven signs of life

I think it's getting bigger and I started to shake
But the blob didn't feed or seem awake
I poked it with a stick and it didn't react
And I asked myself

Does it eat? Does it poop? Does it grow breathe and move
Can it make more of its kind if you poke it? Does it mind? Does it eat? Does it poop
Does it poop? Does it grow breathe and move? If it does all these things it's alive

Eating pooping growing moving breathing reacting reproducing
These are the seven signs of life

I couldn't sleep well at all that night
The blob was in my dreams it must have been fright
It was gone when I looked the very next day
And I asked myself

Does it eat? Does it poop? Does it grow breathe and move
Can it make more of its kind if you poke it? Does it mind?
Does it eat? Does it poop
Does it grow breathe and move?
If it does all these things it's alive
Does it eat? Does it poop? Does it grow breathe and move
Can it make more of its kind if you poke it? Does it mind?
Does it eat? Does it poop? Does it grow breathe and move? If it does all these things it's alive

Eating pooping growing moving breathing reacting reproducing
These are the seven signs of life


Eating pooping growing moving breathing reacting reproducing
Eating pooping growing moving breathing reacting reproducing

Name of song on YouTube is ‘Does It Poop?’

Curriculum Alignment: UK & US

England's National Curriculum (Key Stage 1 Science)
This resource directly addresses the National Curriculum Statutory Requirement for Year 2 Science within the Living Things and Their Habitats unit:

Pupils should be taught to: explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive.

This song and activity pack use the engaging story of the "blob" to clearly define the seven fundamental characteristics of living things, giving pupils a tangible framework for comparison and classification.

Applicability for Older Students (KS2 Extension)
The concepts taught in this song provide an excellent foundation for more complex topics in Key Stage 2:

Year 3/4: The song introduces all seven Life Processes, which are formally taught using the scientific mnemonic MRS GREN (Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition). This song establishes the concept using simpler language (like 'poop' and 'breathe') before students learn the formal vocabulary.

Year 5/6: The principles of classification (taxonomy) rely on students being able to accurately determine if an object is living or non-living. This resource is perfect for reviewing or revisiting the basic concepts before moving on to classifying animals and plants.

 

NGSS Standards (K–2 Focus)

This is the most fundamental classification concept in Life Science, setting the stage for all future biological study.

Core LS Focus: Grade 2 (G2)

Targeted Alignment (G2-LS4-1): Provides the foundational skill of categorization necessary to compare the diversity of life by establishing the characteristics that define "living" (move, grow, reproduce, breathe).

Extension Value: This simple classification forms the essential framework for all biological classification taught in later grades.

 

Global Suitability Note: The concepts in this song align with foundational Life Science standards used across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and other English-speaking curricula.