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What is Life? Demonstrations & Discussion Lesson PlanWhat is Life? Demonstrations & Discussion Lesson Plan
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What is Life? Demonstrations & Discussion

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Display seven items for your biologists to consider. Are they living or non-living? How can you tell? This is a simple outline of what you can display and questions that can be discussed as this topic is explored. One way to use this outline would be to create a laboratory activity and question worksheet that can guide collaborative groups to make these determinations together. 

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non-living things

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characteristics of life, living, non-living, science
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Grade
7th - 9th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
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