Lesson Overview

Is It Living?

Less Overview Time Other Things to Know

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1 • Pre Assessment 60 min *Make: Living Things Chart
• Living/ Nonliving 60 min * Containers for collecting
• Outdoor Observation living/nonliving (Ziploc bags work
well)
2 • Needs of Living things 30 min *Copy: Living and Nonliving
40 min *Prepare worm habitat
* Magazine pictures
3 • Seeds 30 min *Copy: Sorting Seeds and Planting
45 min of Seeds
*Label planting cups w/student
names
*Moisten soil ahead of time
*Collect seeds from wild
*Book: The Tiny Seed
4 • Germination/Plant 45 min *Assemble observation booklets
Growth *Revisit Activity:
After 5-10 days (Sprout)
After 18-21 days (Mature
Plant)
5 • Earthworms 60 min *Make: Reserve Worm Habitat
*Make: Earthworm Habitat
*Make: I Wonder About Worms
chart
*Wet sponges instead of cup of
water
6 • Animal Needs 50 min *Book: Wonderful Worms
*Make: What Do Worms Need to
Live chart
7 • Earthworm Lab 50 min *Earthworm food
*Different textures of surfaces
*sand, pebbles
*Make: What We Learned About
Earthworms chart
8 • Characteristics of 40 min *Book: A Frog Has a Sticky Tongue
Animals 40 min *Divide clay into even amounts
• Students make Clay *Provide additional clay?
Animals
9 • Animal Movement 50 min *Use wet sponge to moisten
• Earthworm Observation 50 min students hands
*Make sure water is warm
*Make: Animal Movement Chart
10 • Traits: Parent to Young 50 min *Book: Animals and Their Babies
*Baby and Adult Photographs
11 • Habitat 50 min *Magazines: pictures of plants &
animals
*Prepare: mural paper
12 • Plant & Animal Habitat 50 min *Magazine pictures (plant/animal)
*Audience to view mural and listen