Learners teach others about habitats. In this Science lesson, students use a Science Log to record data about a habitat for research. Learners analyze the data and construct an eco-chamber. Students share what they have found with other...

Third graders create aquariums or terrariums to explain how creatures depend on living and nonliving things.

Seventh graders distinguish characteristics of living things and identify the importance of careful observation. They identify five things that are not alive, but display characteristics of life and list five things that are alive, but...

Third graders distinguish between living and nonliving things.

In this dead or alive worksheet, students state items that are living and not living, write examples of organisms that do not show signs of life, write signs of life, and more.

Third graders classify and sort different types of beans to be introduced to the classification system in science. As a class, they identify the characteristics of living and non-living organisms and make a chart in their journal to ...

Third graders review the characteristics of living and non-living organisms. After viewing a transparency of a forest scene, they complete a worksheet to identify what would be needed to make a small model of the forest having the same...

Students watch a demonstration using Duco glue and water and try to determine if the "monster" shown is alive. After the demonstration, they discuss what characteristics make an organism "alive". They participate in a card sorting...

Third graders set up a miniature greenhouse to help them explain how nonliving things affect the growth of living things.

First graders recall and verbally list the parts of a dog, or a chosen subject, based on observations using the senses. They discriminate between living and non-living subjects, and create artistic representations of the parts of a dog.

This lesson will introduce the 7 characteristics of all living things. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "7 Characteristics of Life."

This lesson will introduce the 7 characteristics of all living things. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "7 Characteristics of Life."