Living+vs.+Nonliving+Unit

**Lesson Description**
For this project students will be working in groups to further develop their understanding of the difference between living and nonliving things. The group will choose one living thing and one nonliving thing and compare the similarities and differences of the two. To do this they will need to use a variety of tools that will be published to the classroom blog for everyone, including parents to see! ** Part 1 ** Create a brainstorming web that will help you to describe your living and nonliving thing a. Go to [|http://bubbl.us] b. Create a brainstorm using the example below to get you started c. In the main bubble where you identify what your thing is, include a description of what it looks like d. You need to identify at least 4 characteristics that make the thing you have chosen either living or nonliving

** Part 2 ** 1. Create a glog using Glogster to display the information you have outlined in your brainstorming web. Make sure to add pictures of your two things and any video of them that you may have found. You can see an example of how a glog will begin to look here: [] ** Part 3 ** Using the brainstorming web you have created and then the glog from Glogster, create a presentation is Google Presentations to capture all of your data in one place. You will need to create at least 5 slides for your presentation. The slides should follow the format below 1. Slide 1 – An introduction slide which includes a summary of your group members and what you have done 2. Slide 2 – A snapshot of your brainstorming web from [|http://bubbl.us] 3. Slide 3 – A summary and link to your glog on Glogster 4. Slide 4 – A summary of what you learned completing this activity 5. Slide 5 – Group choice: can be a link to a video you found interesting or examples of websites where you can find information Here is an example of a presentation done in Google Presentations: [] ** Part 4 ** You will need to upload all of your information including examples of your brainstorming web, your Glog and a copy of your Google Presentation to our classroom blog! You can find the blog here: [|www.blogster.com/room211b] ** Part 5  ** After uploading your project to the blog review what your classmates have uploaded. Using what you find in your classmates projects create a Wordle at [|www.wordle.net]  to capture how many different characteristics (or how many similar!) all of you have found. Update your blog entry by uploading the Wordle with it. Below is a sample Wordle for you to see:

** Links **
[|www.bubbl.com] [|www.glogster.com] [] [|www.wordle.net]

**Files**

 * [|Rubric for Living v Nonliving]**