Is It Alive?

PBS Learning Media
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PBS Learning Media
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
organisms life form Alive Living animate inanimate animal mineral vegetable plants classification single cell Unicellular Paramecium Organelle Microbe Protist complex structure growth reproduction motion locomotion adaptation behavior eating organization characteristics
Subjects
Science
Grade Levels
Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
Audience
Classroom Teacher / Educator
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Is It Alive?

Despite technological advances that have produced machines with lifelike qualities, most people can easily distinguish between what is living and nonliving. Or can they? This video includes some "fuzzy" examples that will make students question the meaning of life.
Publisher
PBS Learning Media

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