“What is a Living Thing and How Does a Living Thing Respond to Its Environment?” is a unit designed to be taught prior to teaching
Students will be working as a community of scientists. Their job as a class will be to create a list of what all living things
What makes something living vs. non-living? Students build their knowledge of the characteristics of living things to categorize objects as living or non-living. What do
Students learn about what makes up a living thing and what do living things have in common while looking through magiscopes to observe cells and
All living things sense and respond to their environments. Students work together to investigate how one living thing, a crayfish, responds when it senses shelter
Students learn that living things sense and respond to changes in their environment. Students work together to investigate how one living thing, a worm, responds
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