Objectives
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Identify four essential factors necessary for life. Explain how living things use these factors
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Standards Addressed
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Science 1, 2, 4; Social Studies 4; Language Arts 6 |
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Potted plant, rocks, cups of soil, bottles of water, Life Boxes (with soil and water inside
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Time Requirement
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30 minutes |
Procedure/ Outline
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Warm-up: Show potted plant, rock and student. Ask other students to identify the two things that are living. Next the students will discover what is needed for life.
1. Circulate the Life Boxes. Ask each student to open a box and look for life. Note what's inside. After each student has examined the contents, he will place the cover back on the box and pass it on.
2. Ask students what they found in each box. They will probably answer soil and water. Their interest should grow when you tell them that each box contains two more items.
3. Circulate the boxes again and repeat the question "What is in the box?" If a long pause from the students, provide the answer.
4. Tell students that each box contains the four things necessary for life: water, soil and air and light when it enters the open box.
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Modifications /Adaptions/ Extensions
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Have students plant two or three seeds in each Life Box and water
lightly each day, thus verifying that the four factors necessary for life will
cause dormant seeds to germinate and row |
Assessment
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Have students identify the four essential factors of life
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Other Comments
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None |
