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Living and Non-Living

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Fourth graders are divided into small groups and collect 4 objects from the playground. They take 5 to 10 minutes to classify their groups and discuss their findings including the terms "living" and "non-living". As a class they discuss their classifications with particular emphasis on those that used living/non-living distinctions.

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non-living things

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4th
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Science
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