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Uen: Living or Nonliving
Third graders look for living and nonliving elements on the playground.
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Uen: Trb 3:2 Investigation 2 Greenhouses
Set up a miniature greenhouse to help with understanding how nonliving things affect the growth of living things.
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Uen: Mini Ecosystems
Third graders will make small-scale environments and will describe interactions between living and nonliving things in their environments.
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Uen: What It Is, What It Isn't
Recognize characteristics of living and nonliving items within an environment.
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Uen: What's Different About These Worms?
Observe three different worm models and identify characteristics.
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Uen: Looking at the Community Tree
A neighborhood tree is observed for evidence of interactions between living and nonliving things.
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Uen: Making a Mini Worm Habitat
Activity shows the process of converting organic waste into usable fertilizer.
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Uen: Trb 3:2 Investigation 3 Terrariums / Aquariums
Creating aquariums/terrariums help students understand how creatures depend on living and nonliving things.
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Uen: Trb 3:2 Investigation 1 Intro: Living & Nonliving
Third graders learn to distinguish between living and nonliving things.
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Uen: Going on a Living and Nonliving Hunt
Distinguish between things that are living, things that were once-living, and things that are nonliving.
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Uen: Living and Nonliving
Third graders will be able to identify what is living and nonliving in the world around them.
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Alex: Wanted Dead or Alive!
In this lesson students will identify the characteristics of living and nonliving things.