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Living & Non-Living

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In this living and non-living organisms worksheet, students read 5 informational signs and decide whether 10 objects or living or non-living and circle their answer underneath each one. Students participate in a scavenger hunt where they walk around the school and list or draw some of the things they see underneath one of two headings: Living and/or Non-Living.

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living organisms, non living organisms, science
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4th - 5th
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