To Be or Not to BeThe Game of living and non-living things

Created by Meghan Reed

Spring 2010

Tennessee Curriculum StandardsGrade 1 : Standard 2 -Interdependence Conceptual Strand 2:All life is interdependent and interacts with the environment.

Guiding Question 2:How do living things interact with one another and with the non-living elements of their

environment?

Grade Level Expectations GLE 0107.2.1 Distinguish between living and non-living things in an environment.

Checks for Understanding 0107.2.1 Identify the basic characteristics of living things. 0107.2.2 Record information about living or non-living objects in local environments. 0107.2.3 Sort and classify a variety of living and non-living materials based on their

characteristics.

DirectionsThe name of the game is “To Be or Not to Be” the game is called this because we have to keep

this question in mind when dealing with living and non-living objects. The class will be split up into five groups with about five students in each group. Team one will go first, they will pick a certain bubble. The bubbles are labeled 1-22 and they all contain questions. These questions are ranging in different difficulties and the points are distributed according to the questions difficulty. Once a team member presses a bubble the question will appear. The team will discuss the question then present their answer to the rest of the class, after doing this the team will click the next button and the correct answer will appear.

There are three buttons that are present on every slide these are…The back button, to return to the previous slide.The home button, to return to the first slide.The next button, to move onto the next slideor back to the game board.During the game on the slide that is entitled the “Game Board” there are different bubbles

with numbers ranging from 1-22. These bubbles will take you to different questions.Now that you have read all of the directions let’s begin!!!

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Score CardDirections to print out score card: First exit out of the slide show, you do this by pressing the exit button on the top left of your keyboard. Next, click on the Microsoft button on the top left of your screen. Find the option to Print, click it. Under

print range click the bubble that says current slide. Last, press okay and then go and pick up the score card from the printer.

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When you are finished click the ESC key at the top left of the keyboard and press the home square, located at the bottom middle of the slide. We are doing this to help the next group of students play the game. After you are done setting up the slide show for the next person, place the score card into the homework bin.

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Question 1

30 points

What does excretion mean?

Answer 1

The removal of waste in a living organisms system.

Question 2

50 points

What are 2 of the 7 characteristics of living things?

Answer 2

Living things…1. Feed2. Grow3. Have sensitivity4. Can reproduce5. Can excrete6. Breathe7. And move

Question 330 points

Name three things that are living

organisms in this picture.

Answer 3

Tree

Lion

Grass

Question 4

10 pointsWhat is an example of a living thing?

Answer 4

Humans, animals, and plants.

Question 5

10 pointsWhat is an example of a non-living thing?

Answer 5

Rock, desk, and a car.

Question 6

50 pointsFocus on one characteristic of a living thing and

tell how it applies to your life.

Answer 6

An example: Breathing, I have to breathe in order to live. I constantly breathe breaths of fresh air to fill my lungs to perform daily tasks.

Question 7

10 pointsIdentify non-living things within the classroom.

Answer 7

An example: Desk, chair, and bulletin board.

Question 810 points

What in this picture of the sleeping bear is non-living?

Answer 8

Rock

The cage

Question 9

20 pointsWhat word means: To obtain energy all living

things need food to survive.

Answer 9

Feeding

Question 10

20 pointsRecognize living things on the playground.

Answer 10

An example: The grass, trees, and insects.

Question 11

50 pointsCompare plants and

animals, using one of the 7 characteristics of living things.

Answer 11

Example: Both plants and animals all have the seven characteristics of living things; they just tend to use them in different ways. Animals eat meat and food, plants use the sunlight for food.

Question 12

10 pointsRevise the sentence- Some living things are

made up of cells.

Answer 12

All living things are made up of cells.

Question 13

30 pointsCompare a chair to a frog.

Answer 13

A frog has all the seven characteristics of living things whereas a chair has none of the characteristics, meaning the chair is non-living.

Question 14

50 pointsConnect or compare two living things together,

like an elephant and a human.

Answer 14

Both an elephant and a human eat, they move, they excrete, they grow, they are sensitive to their surroundings, they will reproduce, and they both breathe.

Question 15

30 pointsMake observations in your house of living and

non-living things.

Answer 15

Example: Living things in my home consist of me, my family, my animals and my plants; non-living things include my couch, the vacuum, and the television.

Question 16

30 pointsCategorize living and non-living things within this list:• Rock• Dog• Chair• Miss. Reed• Bed• Airplane• Flower• Elephant• Tree

Answer 16Living Things Non-Living Things

Dog Rock

Miss. Reed Chair

Flower Bed

Elephant Airplane

Tree

Question 17

Make a graph and check off if each of the living things in the list can grow and reproduce.

• Rock• Dog• Chair• Miss. Reed• Bed• Airplane• Flower• Elephant• Tree

Answer 17Living things Can Grow and Reproduce

Rock

Dog

Chair

Miss. Reed

Bed

Airplane

Flower

Elephant

Tree

Question 18

20 pointsIn this picture, what is the

biggest living thing?

Answer 18

The Elephant!

Question 19

40 pointsWhat is the definition of growth?

Answer 19

As a result of living things feeding to gain energy, living things will grow larger.

Question 20

50 pointsWhat is one of the seven

characteristics of living things that applies to the picture of camels?

(hint look at the arrows)

Baby Camel

Mama Camel

Answer 20

Reproduction

Question 21

20 pointsLook at the lazy seals and

tell me what is living and non-living in this picture.

Answer 21

The things that are living are the trees in the background.

Non-living, would be the seals and the rock.

Question 22

40 pointsWhat is the meaning of reproduction?

Answer 22

All living things are able to produce an offspring.