Tennessee Curriculum Standards Grade 1 : Standard 2 -Interdependence Conceptual Strand 2: All life is interdependent and interacts with the environment. Guiding Question 2: How do living things interact with one another and with the non-living elements of their environment? Grade Level Expectations GLE Distinguish between living and non-living things in an environment. Checks for Understanding Identify the basic characteristics of living things Record information about living or non-living objects in local environments Sort and classify a variety of living and non-living materials based on their characteristics.

Directions The name of the game is “To Be or Not to Be” the game is called this because we have to keep this question in mind when dealing with living and non-living objects. The class will be split up into five groups with about five students in each group. Team one will go first, they will pick a certain bubble. The bubbles are labeled 1-22 and they all contain questions. These questions are ranging in different difficulties and the points are distributed according to the questions difficulty. Once a team member presses a bubble the question will appear. The team will discuss the question then present their answer to the rest of the class, after doing this the team will click the next button and the correct answer will appear. There are three buttons that are present on every slide these are… The back button, to return to the previous slide. The home button, to return to the first slide. The next button, to move onto the next slide or back to the game board. During the game on the slide that is entitled the “Game Board” there are different bubbles with numbers ranging from These bubbles will take you to different questions. Now that you have read all of the directions let’s begin!!! 4 4

Score Card Directions to print out score card: First exit out of the slide show, you do this by pressing the exit button on the top left of your keyboard. Next, click on the Microsoft button on the top left of your screen. Find the option to Print, click it. Under print range click the bubble that says current slide. Last, press okay and then go and pick up the score card from the printer. When you are finished click the ESC key at the top left of the keyboard and press the home square, located at the bottom middle of the slide. We are doing this to help the next group of students play the game. After you are done setting up the slide show for the next person, place the score card into the homework bin.

Game Board

Question 1 30 points What does excretion mean?

Answer 1 The removal of waste in a living organisms system.

Question 2 50 points What are 2 of the 7 characteristics of living things?

Answer 2 Living things… 1.Feed 2.Grow 3.Have sensitivity 4.Can reproduce 5.Can excrete 6.Breathe 7.And move

Question 3 30 points Name three things that are living organisms in this picture.

Answer 3 Tree Lion Grass

Question 4 10 points What is an example of a living thing?

Answer 4 Humans, animals, and plants.

Question 5 10 points What is an example of a non-living thing?

Answer 5 Rock, desk, and a car.

Question 6 50 points Focus on one characteristic of a living thing and tell how it applies to your life.

Answer 6 An example: Breathing, I have to breathe in order to live. I constantly breathe breaths of fresh air to fill my lungs to perform daily tasks.

Question 7 10 points Identify non-living things within the classroom.

Answer 7 An example: Desk, chair, and bulletin board.

Question 8 10 points What in this picture of the sleeping bear is non-living?

Answer 8 Rock The cage

Question 9 20 points What word means: To obtain energy all living things need food to survive.

Answer 9 Feeding

Question points Recognize living things on the playground.

Answer 10 An example: The grass, trees, and insects.

Question points Compare plants and animals, using one of the 7 characteristics of living things.

Answer 11 Example: Both plants and animals all have the seven characteristics of living things; they just tend to use them in different ways. Animals eat meat and food, plants use the sunlight for food.

Question points Revise the sentence- Some living things are made up of cells.

Answer 12 All living things are made up of cells.

Question points Compare a chair to a frog.

Answer 13 A frog has all the seven characteristics of living things whereas a chair has none of the characteristics, meaning the chair is non- living.

Question points Connect or compare two living things together, like an elephant and a human.

Answer 14 Both an elephant and a human eat, they move, they excrete, they grow, they are sensitive to their surroundings, they will reproduce, and they both breathe.

Question points Make observations in your house of living and non-living things.

Answer 15 Example: Living things in my home consist of me, my family, my animals and my plants; non-living things include my couch, the vacuum, and the television.

Question points Categorize living and non-living things within this list: Rock Dog Chair Miss. Reed Bed Airplane Flower Elephant Tree

Answer 16 Living ThingsNon-Living Things DogRock Miss. ReedChair FlowerBed ElephantAirplane Tree

Question 17 Make a graph and check off if each of the living things in the list can grow and reproduce. Rock Dog Chair Miss. Reed Bed Airplane Flower Elephant Tree

Answer 17 Living thingsCan Grow and Reproduce Rock Dog Chair Miss. Reed Bed Airplane Flower Elephant Tree

Question points In this picture, what is the biggest living thing?

Answer 18 The Elephant!

Question points What is the definition of growth?

Answer 19 As a result of living things feeding to gain energy, living things will grow larger.

Question points What is one of the seven characteristics of living things that applies to the picture of camels? (hint look at the arrows) Baby Camel Mama Camel

Answer 20 Reproduction

Question points Look at the lazy seals and tell me what is living and non-living in this picture.

Answer 21 The things that are living are the trees in the background. Non-living, would be the seals and the rock.

Question points What is the meaning of reproduction?

Answer 22 All living things are able to produce an offspring.