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Opening Questions

Opening Questions. What is your criteria for something to be alive? Give me one example of something that is alive. Give me one example of something that is not alive.

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Opening Questions

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  1. Opening Questions • What is your criteria for something to be alive? • Give me one example of something that is alive. • Give me one example of something that is not alive.

  2. Objective: I will be able to identify the characteristics of living things as evidenced by creating an Educreations Presentation Characteristics of Living Things 9-6 or 9-7

  3. #39 -5 Characteristics of Living Things

  4. 1. Respond to Stimulus • Stimulus – something that causes a response • Example: • When you go outside after being in a dark movie theater you squint your eyes

  5. 2. Use Chemical Energy • Chemical Energy- energy from food • Energy – the ability to cause change or do work • There are different kinds, all interchangeable

  6. 3. Grow and Develop • Growth- an increase in size, mass or number of cells • Development- Looks different than it did when it was a baby or old

  7. 4. Reproduce • Reproduction – the process of making more of the same kind of organism • Without it life would die

  8. 5. Made up of Cells • Cell – the smallest/basic unit of life • Even organisms that are super small are made out of cells (ex: yeast)

  9. 40# T-Chart Organize the following items into a t-chart of living things and non-living things: Ant glass Bird Elephant Rock Soda Shark Plant Table Hair Fire Telephone

  10. A Mnemoric device for the 5 characteristic of living things • Cells, • Energy, • Respond(stimulus) • Grow/develop • Reproduce. • Your turn to create a mnemoric device Example: CERGR: Cats eat really gross rats.

  11. Flip The Classroom! • You will become the teacher • You will make a “Characteristic of Living Things” presentation • You will use your iPad and create a presentation using Educreations • This presentation will be presented to your classmates so we better understand each characteristic of living things

  12. Things to include in Presentation:(Each .5 POINT) ___Title and Author’s name (1point) For each characteristics include: ___Picture, Text & Audio (1.5points) ___ Create a mnemonic device for the 5 characteristics- text, picture & audio (1.5points)

  13. Exit Questions • What are the 5 characteristics of living organisms?

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