It's Alive! I think . . .: Students Investigate what Defines Something as Living

Authors

Garrett Hall, Southeast Polk High School
Jesse Wilcox, Valley Southwoods Freshman High SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Students often have misconceptions about what makes something alive or not, and few have a concept of what characterizes living things similar to that of biologists. The activity presented here mentally engages students in an inquiry-based way to teach students about the characteristics of life that will be revisited throughout the school year. We also use this activity to explicitly draw students' attention to effective inquiry skills, cooperative learning, and promote a deep understanding of the nature of science. The activity described here promotes National Science Education Content Standards A, C, and G, and Iowa Teaching Standards 1-6.

Publication Date

Winter 2007

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

34

Issue

1

First Page

5

Last Page

9

Copyright

© Copyright 2007 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Hall, Garrett and Wilcox, Jesse (2007) "It's Alive! I think . . .: Students Investigate what Defines Something as Living," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 34: No. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol34/iss1/3