1. Living & Nonliving Things
Jenna
Paula
Mary
Yesenia Dios

2. TEKS
A.3: use tools to collect and record information, address concepts and vocabulary
A.4.C: students explore patterns, systems, and cycles by investigating characteristics of organisms
B.2.A: ask questions about organisms
B.2.E: communicate observations and justify explanations

3. Lesson Objectives
The student distinguishes between living organisms and nonliving objects
The student is expected to identify characteristics of living organisms and identify characteristics of nonliving objects.

4. Supplies
notebooks, pencil, poster board, magazines, scissors, glue sticks

5. Engage What is a living organism? What is a nonliving object?
Grab your notebooks, a pencil, and Living or Nonliving worksheet
Go outside and find examples of living and nonliving things!

6. Vocabulary
Living organisms - An individual form of life, such as a plant, animal, bacterium, protist, or fungus; a body made up of organs, organelles, or other parts that work together to carry on the various processes of life.

7. Vocabulary
Nonliving objects- Dead or not living; inanimate body or object

8. 7 Characteristics of Living Organisms
Feeding
Movement
Breathing
Excretion
Growth
Sensitivity
Reproduction

9. Explore
Each student will receive a card and they must decide if the object on their card is living or nonliving
Go to the designated side of the room depending on if you are a living or nonliving thing

10. Explain In your groups you will create a collage
One side will be living things and the other will be nonliving things
Label each side

11. Elaborate Define Living and Nonliving things
What characteristics of Living and Nonliving things?
What are some examples and non examples of both?

12. Complete the following worksheets:
Evaluate
Complete the following worksheets: