Living and Non-Living Things By: Madison Keck First Grade
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Lesson Overview For todays lesson we are learning
characteristics of living and non-living things, and we will see
how the two compare to one another. We will determine differences
and similarities between the two. Students will view slides of
information and pictures to learn about living and non-living
things, they will sort through pictures and answer series of
questions throughout the Power Point. After students have finished
information in the slide show, we will have a review at the end for
questions or comments before the in class assessment. NEXT
BACK
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MAIN MENU Living Things Living Things Non- Living Things Non-
Living Things QUIZ Video NEXT BACK TEKS Picture- Lead in Activity
Picture- Lead in Activity CREDITS
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REVIEW THE NEXT 3 SLIDE VERY CAREFULLY! Pay attention to
pictures! NEXT BACK
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WHICH T CHART IS CORRECT?! CHART #1 LIVING THINGSNON-LIVING
THINGS NEXT BACK Bunny Water Pitcher TigerElephant Truck Socks
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LIVING THINGSNON-LIVING THINGS CHART #2 NEXT BACK Lady Bug
Dancer Red Bird Watermelon Desk Lamp Hotdog
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CHART #3 Living ThingsNon Living Things NEXT BACK Eaten Apple
Otter Sea- Horse Skis Cotton Monkey
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Which of the following past 3 slides displayed correct pictures
of living and non-living things? Chart 1 Chart 2 Chart 3 CHART 1
Chart 2 Chart 3 YOU CAN REVIEW T CHARTS BELOW NEXT BACK
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CORRECT! You PASSED! BACK Next
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WRONG! REVIEW CHARTS AND PICK AGAIN! NEXT BACK
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LIVING THINGS - A living things needs water, food, air, and
shelter in order to survive, living things are plants or animals.
-Living things grow and change over time, they also eat food or
take in nutrients from the soil. -Living things need water and
space to grow and change. -Living things produce other things that
look similar to them. NEXT BACK
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Is it Alive? Example Pictures of Living Things NEXT BACK
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Non-Living NEXT BACK -Non living things do not need basic
things such as air, food, water like living things do. -Some
non-living things are man made an example would be a roller coaster
another non- living thing that is NOT man made would be an ocean.
-How can you tell if something Is living or non- living? If
something doesnt need the THREE basic things of water, air and food
then it is non- living!
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NON-LIVING THINGS Picture Examples! BACK NEXT
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FUN FACTS NEXT BACK There are more non-living things on the
Earth then living things! Humans share the planet with as many as
8.7 million different forms of life (which are living things) There
are currently about 75 billion tons of living things (biomass) on
Earth You and I are apart of things that are considered living
things along with our pets at home!
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VIDEO CLIP NEXT BACK
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Hope you listened because its time for the QUIZ! NEXT BACK
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QUESTION #1 Which of the following is the correct example of a
non-living thing? A)RockRock B)CatCat C)TreeTree D)PlantPlant NEXT
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YOUR RIGHT! NEXT QUESTION BACK
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WRONG TRY AGAIN! BACK
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QUESTION #2 Do Non-Living things need water, air, or food to
survive? YES No NEXT BACK
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CORRECT !!!! NEXT QUESTIONQUESTION NEXT QUESTIONQUESTION
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TRY AGAIN!! BACK
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QUESTION #3 Which of the following would be a living thing you
might find in your Doctors office? A) Chair B) Clipboard C) Water
Cooler D) Plant NEXT BACK
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WAY TO GO!! NEXT BACK
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GO BACK & TRY AGAIN BACK
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QUESTION #4 Plants and animals both need to take in water, and
animals need to take in food. In addition, plants need light. Is
this statement TRUE OR FALSE? A)TRUETRUE B)FALSEFALSE Back
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~~HORRAY~~ YOUR RIGHT! Next Back
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INCORRECT . TRY AGAIN Back
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QUESTION #5 How can you tell if something is Non-living? A) Its
unable to move B) It doesnt need air, water, or food to survive C)
Its only able to live outside NEXT BACK
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YES YES YES! YOURE CORRECT! NEXT BACK
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INCORRECT, TRY AGAIN! BACK
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QUESTION #6 NEXT BACK Why are trees considered Living things?
A)They are outside so they are livingThey are outside so they are
living B)They have branches and leaves so they are living
thingsThey have branches and leaves so they are living things
C)Trees take in nutrients and water from the soil and ground so
they are living thingsTrees take in nutrients and water from the
soil and ground so they are living things
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GOOD JOB! CORRECT!! NEXT BACK
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TRY AGAIN!! BACK
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Last Question #7 BACK NEXT Which of the following is in order
of living, non- living, and living? A)Puppy, Eagle, CarPuppy,
Eagle, Car B)Fox, Rock, TreeFox, Rock, Tree C)Gator, Leaves,
CookiesGator, Leaves, Cookies
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GOOD JOB!!!! YOUR CORRECT!! BACK NEXT
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BETTER LUCK ON THE NEXT TRY!!! BACK
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REVIEW WHAT DID WE LEARN? We have learned characteristics of
living and non-living things, we read about things living things
need to compared to non-living. We have matched pictures of living
and non- living things to their correct pictures and we told a quiz
over our new material Any Questions or comments about what we
learned? NEXT BACK
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TEKS FOR FIRST GRADE NEXT BACK
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter11
2/ch112a.html#112.12 TEKS: (9) Organisms and environments. A)The
student knows that the living environment is composed of
relationships between organism and the life cycles that occur. B)
The student is expected to: sort and classify living and nonliving
things based upon whether or not they have basic needs and produce
offspring Link to TEKS:
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CREDITS Video Credit:
http://youtu.be/tXadLteW9wYhttp://youtu.be/tXadLteW9wY Picture
credit: Microsoft Power Point Clip art Slide 11 & 13
information: http://www.juneauschools.org/uploads/0
/district/instructional_services/science_in struction/1st-life.pdf
FUN FACTS: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011
/aug/23/species-earth-estimate-scientists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011
/aug/23/species-earth-estimate-scientists