Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.

Observe and determine attributes of living and nonliving things

Objective: To have students observe and determine the attributes of living and non-living objects.

Activity: 1. Place students in groups of 4. 2. Each member of the group places his/her living object in the center of the table. After observing the 4 living objects in their group, a list of similarities found in all of the objects is compiled. Repeat this process for the non-living objects. 3. Each group shares their lists with the whole class. 4. One list of common attributes is compiled for the living objects and another list for the non-living objects.

Assessment: Quality of student involvement and lists of attributes.