1. Is It Dead Or Alive? By: Diantha Smith Earth Unit Lesson 2 - Living or Non-Living

2. Objective Students will compare living and non-living objects. Students will be able to group living and non- living objects.

3. What do you think? Source: http://talibiddeenjr.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/science_living-non-living.pdf

4. Living Test Can it move? Can it breathe? Can it eat ? Does it create waste? Does it grow? Does it reproduce?

5. Non-living Test Does someone/something else have to make it? Does someone/something else have to move it? Was it once living, but not anymore?

6. Is a fish alive? Can it move? Can it breathe? Can it eat? Can it grow? Does it reproduce? Does it create waste?

7. Is a car alive? Can it move? Can it breathe? Can it eat? Can it grow? Does it reproduce? Does it create waste?

8. Is a tree alive? Can it move? Can it breathe? Can it eat? Can it grow? Does it reproduce? Does it create waste?

9. Is a sandwich alive? Can it move? Can it breathe? Can it eat? Can it grow? Does it reproduce? Does it create waste?

10. Is a cloud alive? Can it move? Can it breathe? Can it eat? Can it grow? Does it reproduce? Does it create waste?

11. Is a cartoon alive? Can it move? Can it breathe? Can it eat? Can it grow? Does it reproduce? Does it create waste?

12. Is the sun alive? Can it move? Can it breathe? Can it eat? Can it grow? Does it reproduce? Does it create waste?

13. Is a starfish alive? Can it move? Can it breathe? Can it eat? Can it grow? Does it reproduce? Does it create waste?

14. Is a germ alive? Can it move? Can it breathe? Can it eat? Can it grow? Does it reproduce? Does it create waste?

15. What do you think? Did any of your answers change? Source: http://talibiddeenjr.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/science_living-non-living.pdf

16. Let’s Play 1.You will need the Living and Non- living cards. 2.Each student will need a card. 3.Make two equal lines somewhere around the room, with a basket/tub at the beginning. 4.Students will race together and put their card in the correct basket/tub. Choosing if their card goes in living or non-living. 5.At the end the teacher will pick up both tubs and check if the cards were put in the correct place. Living Non- living