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Subject
Science

Grade Level
Kindergarten

Learning Objective
K.6 The student will investigate and understand the differences between living
organisms and nonliving objects. Key concepts include
a) all things can be classified as living or nonliving; and
b) living organisms have certain characteristics that distinguish them from
Content

nonliving objects including growth, movement, response to the environment,

having offspring, and the need for food, air, and water.

Complete the sentence below:

In this interactive white board activity, the children will touch the board to sort, circle, and write
Pedagogy Planning

words to determine whether an object is living or nonliving and learn about the characteristics of a
living organism or a nonliving object.

Activity
1. As the class transitions into the science period of the day, the
students will be directed to clean their desk spaces, and to sit on the
carpet in front of the Interactive White Board to prepare for the
interactive activity.
2. Once the students are spaced out and settled on the carpet, the
teacher will begin the lesson by playing a read-along audio story on
the Interactive White Board (getepic.com – “Living or Nonliving”
by Kelli Hicks, Kindergarten Level). The teacher will stop the story
in between pages to ask students comprehension questions, and to
ensure that students are following along effectively.
o The login information for the read-along story will be
posted on a separate document if necessary.
3. Next, the teacher will switch screens on the Interactive White
Board from the read-along audio story to the “Living and
Pedagogy

Nonliving Things” lesson presentation from SMART

Technologies. While switching to the interactive presentation, the
teacher will explain to the students the purpose behind reading the
 story and how it correlates to the activity that they are about to
begin (Slide 1).
4. Slides 2 and 3 of the presentation will be managed by the teacher to
use as a review before the students come up to the board. The
teacher will begin, on Slide 2, by asking the students “How do you
know if something is living?” The students will raise their hand,
wait to be called on, and share their ideas on what makes
something living. The teacher will write these ideas on the
Interactive White Board, and transition to Slide 3. Slide 3 provides
four main characteristics of living things that the teacher will share
with the students, while reminding them to keep these four
characteristics in mind as they begin their activity on the upcoming
slides.
o Breathe
o Grow
o Change
o Die
5. On Slide 4, the teacher will have students come up to the board one
at a time and write examples of living and nonliving things. The
teacher should be patient with the students by giving them adequate
time to write, while also encouraging students to think of words
family words that have been practiced in class.
o -AT Family: A cat would be living, but a hat would be
nonliving.
o -AN Family: A pan would be nonliving, but a man would
be living.
o -IG Family: A pig would be living, but a wig would be
nonliving.
6. Moving on to Slide 6, students will continue to raise their hand to
come up to the Interactive White Board. For this part of the lesson,
students will circle the picture that they think is living in the color
BLUE and will circle the nonliving objects in RED.
7. Slides 7 and 8 will consist of students crossing out the
NONLIVING things that are on the list. Any color will work to
cross out these words.
o This would be a good time for teachers to ensure that all
students have received a turn to participate, and if not, to
make sure that they do on the next slides.
8. Next, on Slide 9, the teacher will explain the directions that are
typed at the top of the slide: “Circle the living things in BLUE and
the nonliving things in RED” – similar to the activity from slide 6.
o Slide 10 provides a guideline for what objects student
should have aimed to circle for either living or nonliving.
The teacher will quickly review Slide 10 with the students
and explain the reasoning for the circles around certain
 objects (i.e., the house is circled in red because it cannot
breathe)
9. Finally, on the last slide of the presentation, the teacher will ask
students if they can name the four characteristics of living things
that were discussed on Slide 3. This will act as a review and
closing activity for the end of the lesson.

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