IS IT LIVING OR NON-LIVING?: This lesson will help students explore the physical characteristics that determine whether an object is living or non-living. Students will dive a little further into one of those characteristics (growing and changing) and connect that to various animal life cycles.
Science Standards:
K.LS.1: Living things have specific characteristics and traits.
K.LS.2: Living things have physical traits and behaviors, which influence their survival.
1.LS.1: Living things have basic needs, which are met by obtaining materials from the physical environment.
1.LS.2: Living things survive only in environments that meet their needs.
2.LS.1: Living things cause changes on Earth.
Please see the Nature of Science document on our Lesson Standards page.