Thursday

Today we had the student's brainstorm on what the main characteristics of life are. We ended up with a list of six. 1. Has cells, 2. Has complex chemical activities (metabolism) 3. Respond to their environment: stimulus/response 4. Living things have an information system (DNA) 5. Living things grow and develop 6. Living things have the ability to reproduce
The students have homework. Each team is going to create a poster on the characteristics of living things. Each member is to bring a picture or something that represents their assignment. We will work on the posters on Monday.
We also watched a Plato game that had the students identify if different objects were living or never living.
Last, we watched a video showing some underwater animals that look more like plants. It is amazing what is down there.
Students need to bring their assignments Monday so that the teams can work on their posters.