In Biology, I have been working with my students on the characteristics of life and the scientific method. After introducing the 8 characteristics, I gave the students a list of 18 "things". I also passed around a few of the items. They had to decide if they were living or not living. Then I had the class discuss each "thing". I did not tell them whether they were right or not. I just let them talk about them. Then after they went through all of the "things", I let them know the correct answers. It was interesting to get their ideas and have them debate a little bit.
We haven't done anything exciting in Environmental Science yet. Soon we will be heading to the more exciting chapters and I am looking forward to some new activities.
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