1. Living or Non-Living 9/21/12
Objective: I will be able to describe the characteristics of life Lang. Obj.: I will be able to define what it means to be living/nonliving Do Now: Study for 5 minutes before the Measurement Unit Test

2. Measurement Unit Test Move into testing positions
Hand test into Mr. Natter when done
Underneath your objective brainstorm in a concept web what the characteristics of life are
Characteristics of life

3. Are these things alive?

4. Picture Sorting
Challenge: Separate the cards provided into 3 groups and record your list in your note book
Living Nonliving Undecided

5. Criteria for life/ All living things have…..
Needs
Water
Energy
Exchange gas
Eliminate waste
Functions
Respond to the environment
Reproduce
Grow
Structure
A cell is the basic unit

6. Living, Non-living, Dead
A living thing is something that meets all of the criteria for life. It is an organism or a part of an organism. Living things include things that were once living and are now dead. All living things die. I.e. a leaf that has fallen from a tree is living, a seed is a living thing, etc.
Death/ dead: Death is the end of life.
Non-living: something that does not and never did meet the criteria for life. I.e. a rock

7. Dormancy
Dormancy is a period of time when a living thing does not show all of the signs of life until it is in the right environment/right conditions.
Seeds and Eggs are dormant, living things.

8. Homework
Paragraph explaining the difference between living/ non-living organisms
A list of 10 items for both living and nonliving