Living or Nonliving
Driving Question:Can I group the plants in our garden according to their attributes?
Can I grow a plant and figure out different ways my plant would fit in to our school garden?
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I will learn to:
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Entry Event:
Give groups of students color copies of the images below and have them sort them into two piles. Students will have to determine the "rule" they are using for their sort. Discuss how the different groups sorted the pictures - identify any groups who sorted into living and nonliving things. If this was not done, direct the class to sort into living and nonliving things.
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Students will investigate living and nonliving things. They will determine the characteristics of each - recognizing that living things grow, reproduce, and need food, air, and water. Students will sort living and nonliving things into groups based on their characteristics.
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A Biologist studies living things. There are different kinds of biologists - marine biologist study life in the water, zoologists are scientists who study animals, and botanists are scientists who study plants. There are even scientists who study living things too small to see without help called microbiologists.
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