🔵 Day 1 Is it living?

Is it living? (Day 1)

Introduction

Students, today we will be studying living things or organisms. What are some things you think are alive? What is something that is non-living? 

Think about the following questions:

What are some characteristics of living things?
What are some characteristics of nonliving things?
What makes living things different from nonliving things?

Living  (anything that is or has ever been alive) and nonliving (anything that is not now nor has ever been alive). Sometimes the difference between nonliving and dead can be confusing to you. Let’s think about a log. It used to be alive when it was connected to the tree, now it is just dead but still considered a living thing.

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Video

Watch this video to explore what is alive and what is not alive.

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Assignment

Watch the video again.

In your science journal: Draw a picture or write which things were living and which were non-living.

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Interactive

 

Video: WGBH Educational Foundation Links to an external site.

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