1. Living Things vs. Nonliving Things
Students will compare and contrast the difference between living and non living things.
Prepartion
Indicate any materials necessary to implement the lesson or prior knowledge by students.

2. Objectives
Students will differentiate between living and non living things.
Students explore the characteristics of and differences between living and nonliving things

3. Do Now: 5mins Answer the following questions
What are some living things?
What are some nonliving things?
What are the six characteristics of a living thing?
Do nonliving things have characteristics?Why or Why not?

4. Mini Lesson

5. Student Group Activity In this worksheet-based activity, knowledge of the relationships between living and non-living things.
Complete this quiz

6. Share your discoveries!
Verbally or graphically differentiate between living and nonliving things.

7. Homework – Due in 3 days.
Students will create a Microsoft Word two page report – including introduction, body, conclusion, etc. on what they have learned about the differences between living things and nonliving things.

8. Rubrics

9. Standards
MST4.LE1:
Living things are both similar to and different from each other and from nonliving things.
MST5: Technology
Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use, and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs.
ELA1.LR1:
Listening and reading to acquire information and understanding involves collecting data, facts, and ideas; discovering relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and using knowledge from oral, written, and electronic sources