Is It Alive? Characteristics of Life and Kingdom Classification

Assessment · Grade 5 · Life Science

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• Name: Engage
• Minutes: 15
• Purpose: Surface students' prior knowledge and spark curiosity about what it means to be 'alive' by presenting a discrepant-event phenomenon — a moving, crystal-growing chemical reaction — that challenges students to question their assumptions before any formal vocabulary is introduced.
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• Q1. Choose one organism you observed today. List at least 4 of the 7 characteristics of life it displayed and use that evidence to place it in the correct kingdom. Explain your reasoning in 2–3 sentences.

• Q2. During the Engage phenomenon, the camphor (or raisin) appeared to move on its own. Based on what you learned today, is this object alive? Use the 7 characteristics of life to justify your answer.

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