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By the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify and explain the four main characteristics of living things: growth, reproduction, response to environment, and basic needs (air, food, and water).

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Students can:
- List the 4 main characteristics of living things
- Provide examples for each characteristic
- Distinguish between living and non-living things using these characteristics

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Students work in pairs using Padlet to create two columns: 'Living' and 'Non-living'. They sort pictures of various objects and organisms, justifying their choices.

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Students plant bean seeds and document growth over time. They will take photos and measure height changes, creating a digital growth diary.

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Bean Time-Lapse - 25 days | Soil cross section

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Set up 4 plants:
1. Control (water, air, light)
2. No water
3. No light
4. No air (covered)
Predict and observe results over a week.

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Demonstrate how plants respond to light (phototropism) and touch (touch-me-not plant). Students record observations in their science journals.

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Examine different types of seeds and discuss how plants reproduce. Compare with pictures of animal babies and their parents.

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Advanced students can research and create a presentation about unusual living things (like fungi or bacteria) and how they show these characteristics.

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Struggling students work with picture cards to match living things with their basic needs and characteristics. Include visual aids and simplified vocabulary.

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Use think-pair-share to discuss:
- How do we know if something is alive?
- What happens if a living thing doesn't get what it needs?
- How do different animals grow?

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Monitor students during activities using checklist:
✓ Identifies basic needs
✓ Understands growth process
✓ Recognizes responses to environment
✓ Comprehends reproduction

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Students complete an interactive quiz using Padlet's voting feature to classify items as living/non-living and explain their reasoning using the characteristics learned.

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Living Things and their Habitats Interactive Quiz

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Teaching your children about living things and their habitats? Well, this interactive quiz can make a welcome addition to your lesson. Not only can it reinforce and consolidate your children’s knowledge, but you’ll also be able to assess their understanding of habitats.Ideal for remote learning, this interactive quiz can be completed online using your computer, or tablet. All you’ll need to do is click the ‘launch’ button, and you’ll have a clearly formatted, multiple-choice habitat quiz ready for your children to complete.Featuring a series of colourful illustrations and complete with sound effects, this quiz tasks your children with answering questions about habitats, the animals that belong to them, and how they’ve adapted to living there.With this quiz, your children also have the ability to self-check their answers, seeing how many questions they’ve answered correctly. This will also allow you to see where your children need more help to develop their understanding.You can share this resource online with customised groups via children’s own usernames for them to use in class or remotely on a tablet or computer. Just launch then click ‘Add to Lesson’. It’s part of your regular membership - activate the Personal Child Logins feature now!

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Students complete a 3-2-1 reflection:
3 characteristics of living things
2 examples of how plants respond to their environment
1 question they still have

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Create a class mind map on the board summarizing the main characteristics of living things, with students contributing examples from today's learning.

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Students observe a pet or plant at home for 3 days, documenting how it demonstrates the characteristics of living things.

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Create a model of an imaginary living thing that shows all four characteristics. Draw and label how it grows, reproduces, responds, and gets its basic needs.

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Complete interactive activities about living things characteristics

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Characteristics of Living Things - Characteristics of Living Things - Characteristics of Living Things (Middle School) - Characteristics of Living Things