Science Learning intention To understand how scientists determine if something is living or nonliving and to know the characteristics of living things You will need A pen and paper ID: 1029514
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1. Year 7Lesson 1 – classification of living thingsScience
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3. Learning intentionTo understand how scientists determine if something is living or non-living and to know the characteristics of living things.
4. You will needA pen and paper. A digital device.
5. Living Non-livingDraw a table as shown below. Look at the images and record in your table which of these things are living and which are non-living. What is a living thing?Source: PixabaySource: PixabaySource: PixabaySource: PixabaySource: PixabaySource: PexelsSource: Pexels
6. What is a living thing?Practice check. Complete the online quiz: what is a living thing? to determine if a thing is living or non-living. At the end of the quiz close the site and return to the PowerPoint.
7. What is a living thing?Watch the video to check your understanding of what is a living thing.Write down the characteristics of living things as you watch the video. A characteristic is a feature or quality belonging to a person or thing, for example: frogs can jump. You can start and stop the video as many times as you need to. For your safety, watch this video in this slideshow.Source: 7 characteristics of living things on YouTube (The animated teacher, 2019)
8. Characteristics of living thingsComplete the sentences by filling in the correct term for the characteristics of living things:Living things have the ability to r _ _ _ _ _ _ to their environment.Living things g _ _ _ as their cells replicate over time.Living things r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to produce offspring.Living things m _ _ _.R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is essential for all living things.Living things take in n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from their surroundings.Living things e _ _ _ _ _ _ , that is they remove substances from their body.
9. Living thing inspectionFor the next 10 minutes you will need to find an area to look for things that are living and non-living.Describe the area you are using.Safety note: Check with someone you need to talk to before you go outside. Share with them what you need to do and check if now is a good time to go outside and complete this task.
10. Item foundLivingNon-livingJustification(why do you think it is living or non-living?)LivingNon- livingDoes not respire, or move, or grow.Needs water and sunlight to grow.TablePot plantYou need to draw a table like the one on the next slide. In the table record the item you found, if it is living or non-living and your justification of why you think it is living or non-living. If you prefer, you could take a photo of the item and paste it in the table. Example: Living thing inspectionSource: Pixabay
11. Living thing inspection Complete the table and provide a reason for why you think it is living or non-living.Item foundLivingNon-living Justification (why do you think it is living or non-living?)
12. Check your answers If you would like to hear why they are living or non-living, listen to the audio.Living Non-livingcatdead cockroachmosquitowaterfirerockpenSource: PixabaySource: PixabaySource: PixabaySource: PixabaySource: PixabaySource: PexelsSource: Pexels
13. Challenge Here are some really strange things.What characteristics can you see that make you think they are living?Source: White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, by Ryan Hodnett, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_Baneberry_(Actaea_pachypoda)_-_Guelph,_Ontario_02.jpg [CC BY-SA 4.0] <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia CommonsSource: A leucistic axolotl in captivity, by Mutantrainbow [Public Domain]Source: Grufnik by Eulogy for a Blobfish, https://www.flickr.com/photos/grufnik/6245807750 [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0] https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Note: this image has been modified (cropped) for the purposes of student learning.
14. Lesson reviewLiving things have the ability to respond to their environment.Living things grow as their cells replicate over time.Living things reproduce to produce offspring.Living things move.Respiration is essential for all living things.Living things take in nutrients from their surroundings.Living things excrete, that is they remove substances from their body.Check your characteristics of living things sentences are correct using these answers.
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