Living Things

Today we began our science unit on Living Things. We started with a discussion gathering what students already know about living things, like "They need water, food and air" and "Humans use nonliving things, like footballs and televisions." With further discussion we realized that humans use living things as well, like fish, for both "pets" and "food". We went on a brief walk outside where students labeled post-its with one living and one nonliving thing. Then we came back to class and sorted our findings. There were a plethora of examples, like kids, birds and ants for living things and swings, slides, and tables for nonliving things. We will delve deeper into the needs and characteristics of living things, especially those found in the habitats of Oman, throughout this unit.