DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONES WILL GROW
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Books in this lesson:​

Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?

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​Author: Susan A. Shea
Illustrator: Toms Slaughter
Publisher: Blue Apple Books
Year: 2011


Rhyming text and fun lift-the-flap illustrations ask the reader which things will grow, such as “If a duckling grows and becomes a duck, can a car grow and become a … truck?”

What's Alive?

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​Author: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Illustrator: Nadine Bernard Westcott
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 1995

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From the Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, this book introduces students to the differences between living and nonliving things.

Digital Storytime

Once There Was a Tree
Run Time: 5 min 56sec

An old stump attracts many living creatures, even man, and when it is gone, a new tree attracts the same creatures, who need it for a variety of reasons.​
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Non-Living
Run Time: 3 min 57 sec
 
This live-action video program is about the term non-living. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term non-living through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Viewers will see and hear non-living used in a variety of contexts providing students with a model for how to appropriately use the term. Related terms are also used and reinforced with visuals and text.
Living
Run Time: 4 min 5 sec
 
This live-action video program is about the term living. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term living through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Viewers will see and hear the term living used in a variety of contexts providing students with a model for how to appropriately use the term. Related terms are also used and reinforced with visuals and text.
 
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Ecosystems
(copyright 2017)
Run Time: 14 min 27 sec
 
Investigates ecosystems, which are divisions of Earth’s environment consisting of living and non-living things. Ecosystems are defined by ecologists and are useful for studying how living things are interconnected with each other and the environment. The program describes the biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems, the roles different organisms play in ecosystems, and the relationship of energy within the roles.
 
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SciShow Kids: It’s Alive!
Run Time: 4 min 51 sec
 
You're alive! And so are all the plants in your garden, the birds in the sky, and the fish in the ocean! But how do we know they're alive? What does it even mean to be alive in the first place!? Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn how scientists decide if something is living or non-living!
WGBH: Living and Non Living
 
Despite technological advances that have produced machines with lifelike qualities, most people can easily distinguish between what is living and nonliving. Or can they? This collection of images includes some "fuzzy" examples that will make students question what it means to be alive.