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Living, Once Living and Non-Living

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Time Frame

1 class periods of 60 minutes each

Group Size

Small Groups

Life Skills

  • Thinking & Reasoning
  • Systems Thinking

Authors

BRENDA BATES

Summary

Students will learn and understand the categories of living, once living and non-living.


Materials

Attachments

Websites

  • Glogster Log In
  • Living and Nonliving Lesson Plan
  • Living, Once Living and Non-Living
    A short video describing the three categories with a quiz at the end.
  • Poster
    A virtual poster about Living, Once Living and Non-Living.
  • UEN
    Students may have trouble distinguishing between living, nonliving, and once-living things. Children may consider everything that moves to be alive, including cars and clouds. Often children pretend that objects are alive so that they can talk to them. Children also have difficulty comparing once-living objects with objects that have never lived. Living and nonliving are scientific terms. Children are more used to hearing living or dead. By exploring various objects and organisms, your students can begin to distinguish between things that are living, things that were once-living, and things that are nonliving.


Background for Teachers

Teachers need to preview all attachments and become familiar with virtual posters.


Student Prior Knowledge

1. Students need some prior knowledge of living, once living and non-living. 2. Students need to know how to navigate the internet and to open lesson web links.


Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will categorize objects into the three specific categories: living, once living and non-living.


Instructional Procedures

1. Teacher presentation. 2. Pair or small group work. 3. Independent trial.


Strategies for Diverse Learners

Pair struggling students with middle students for support.


Extensions

Websites

  • Teacher's Domain
    Additional lesson plan, videos, activities and printable work.


Assessment Plan

Students will create a virtual poster using Glogster with images to demonstrate living, once living and non-living objects.


Rubrics

Created: 07/10/2013
Updated: 05/13/2022
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