Living and Nonliving

Students walk around the school grounds collecting non-living and living objects.  The goal is for students to identify and categorize objects using their observation skills and senses. Materials needed: shoe box,  Various fruits and vegetables, and student collected items from outside. Students will show their results on a table. Students are categorizing living and non-living things based on their observations and using their five senses.  

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level: 
Understanding

Helpful Hints

Materials:

  • Shoe box
  • various fruit and vegetables
  • items students previously collected from outside

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