I have an idea!
Activating Strategy
Draw this in your notes…
Examples Non-Examples Guess
Polar Bears
Snow
Student
Desk
Cow
Hamburger
Tree
Butterfly
Rock
Sun
Bacteria
Hair
Draw this in your notes…
My Hypothesis:
All of the examples are
___________.
All of the non-examples
are ____________.
Living or Non-living—how can we tell?!
By the end of today, you should be able to…
1. List the four characteristics of all living things.
2. Identify these different characteristics in examples
3. Apply these characteristics to judge something as
living or non-living.
PART 1: What are the
five characteristics of
all living things?
Frayer Diagram
Five Characteristics of ALL Living Things
1.
3.
2.
LIVING THINGS
4.
5.
Frayer Diagram: Graphic organizer (students draw in notes)
1. ORGANIZATION
How is D.
Wade’s body
organized to
meet his needs?
Think –Pair-Share
How do we tell if something is living or
non-living?
1: ORGANIZATION
2.
EXAMPLE?
3.
LIVING THINGS
4.
5.
2. GROWTH
How do our
bodies grow
and develop?
HINT: How many bones do babies have?
Think –Pair-Share
How do we tell if something is living or
non-living?
1: ORGANIZATION
2. Growth
EXAMPLE?
3.
LIVING THINGS
4.
5.
3. RESPONSE
How do our
bodies respond
to our changing
environment?
DISCUSS—PLANTS vs. ANIMALS response to
environmental changes
Think –Pair-Share
How do we tell if something is living or
non-living?
1: ORGANIZATION
3. RESPONSE
2. Growth
LIVING THINGS
4.
EXAMPLE?
5.
4. REPRODUCTION
What does this
word mean?
Think –Pair-Share
4. REPRODUCTION
Why is it
important for
living things to
reproduce?
DISCUSS—Where would species be without
reproduction?
Horse, Donkey, Mule
Think –Pair-Share
How do we tell if something is living or
non-living?
1: ORGANIZATION
3. RESPONSE
2. Growth
LIVING THINGS
4. Reproduction
EXAMPLE?
5.
How do we tell if something is living or
non-living?
1: ORGANIZATION
3. RESPONSE
2. Growth
LIVING THINGS
4. Reproduction
EXAMPLE?
5. Energy
5. ENERGY
In what ways
can an
organism get
its energy?
Why does it
need energy?
HOW CAN I
REMEMBER THE FIVE
CHARACTERISTICS OF
ALL LIVING THINGS?
Living Things Memory Trick
ROGER THAT!!!
Reproduction
Organization
Growth
Energy
Response
How many cells do you
think you have in your
body?
About 10
TRILLION
CELLS
How many cells do
you think this
organism has?
Is this considered a
living thing?
Why or why not?
How are bacteria and buffalos similar?
How are they different?
Prefixes: Uni vs. Multi
Unicorn
Unicycle
Uniform
Unify
Unilateral
Multicolor
Multicultural
Multimillionaire
Multilingual
Multipurpose
Draw this in your notes:
Multicellular
Organisms
Unicellular
Organisms
Multicellular Organisms:
• made of many different cells
• Are very complex (have many
parts – legs, roots, wings)
• Example: A dog
Unicellular Organisms:
• made of only one cell
• Very small – too small to see
with just your eye
• Example: Bacteria
BOTH:
• ALIVE
(living things)
• Reproduce
• Respond
• Grow
• Organized
• MADE OF AT LEAST ONE
CELL!!!
Multicellular or Unicellular?
Student Action:
HOLD UP AN M OR A U
ROGER Living/ Nonliving
Practice Chart
Activating Strategy/Review
LIVING
Draw this in your notes…
NON-LIVING
Using our chart, sort the following!
(THINK!!!)
FIRE
ANT
ROCK BARK
EGG
PUPPY
VIRUS LEAF
DIRT WOOD
TREE STUDENT
FLOWER WATER PAPER CLOUD
OXYGEN LIVER FUR
EYE
SKIN VIOLIN
HAIR BLOOD
FROG
SHARK
BACTERIA
NAILS
RAW
MEAT
Group Share
Cross-Examination: Partner Swap!!!
1. Swap Activating Strategy T-charts with a partner
2. Check their work! Did they list anything under
“living” that might not be? Did they list anything
under “non-living” that might be alive?
3. Circle all the ones that you think your partner
might have gotten INCORRECT.
Group Share after Partner Swap
Correct the Teacher
Living
1. Turtles
2. Wood
3. Leaves
4. Fried Egg
5. Bacteria
6. Smoke
7. Humans
8. Ants
Non-Living
9. Tree
10. Granite (type of rock)
11. Diamonds
12. Jeans
13. Flamingo
14. Worm
15. Virus
16. Blue Bird
Warm Up #3: Wednesday, Oct. 5
1. List all five characteristics of all living things.
2. What is the acronym we use to remember these
characteristics?
3. Give one reason why humans are considered living
4. Give one reason why a rock is considered non-living
5. List one example of a living thing. (you can’t use
humans…that doesn’t count….)
6. List one example of a non-living thing. (you can’t
use rocks…that doesn’t count…)