The document is a presentation about the characteristics of living things. It guides the reader through a series of examples in a yes/no chart to form hypotheses about what distinguishes living and non-living things. It asks the reader to hypothesize rules and add more potential characteristics of life, with the goal of arriving at key traits such as being made of cells, responding to stimuli, using energy, growing, developing, reproducing, organization, homeostasis, requiring food/water, and adapting.

1. Wht is Life?

3. Create a T-Chart YES NO

4. YES NO Plant Rock

5. YES NO Plant Rock My dog, Buddy A soda can

6. What do you think the rule is? YES NO Plant Rock My dog, Buddy A soda can Hypothesis #1:

7. YES NO Plant Rock My dog, Buddy A soda can Hypothesis #1: A person A skeleton

8. YES NO Plant Rock My dog, Buddy A soda can Hypothesis #1: A person A skeleton Pinch a person Pinch a table

9. What do you think the rule is NOW? Is your second hypothesis different from your first? YES NO Plant Rock My dog, Buddy A soda can Hypothesis #1: A person A skeleton Pinch a person Pinch a table Hypothesis #2:

10. YES NO Plant Rock My dog, Buddy A soda can Hypothesis #1: A person A skeleton Pinch a person Pinch a table Hypothesis #2: Light on Light off

11. Time to hypothesize again! YES NO Plant Rock My dog, Buddy A soda can Hypothesis #1: A person A skeleton Pinch a person Pinch a table Hypothesis #2: Light on Light off Hypothesis #3:

12. Darwin age 71 Darwin age 7 Darwin age 31 Darwin age 45 YES

13. Eiffel Tower 1889 No

14. Eiffel Tower Present Day No

15. YES NO Plant Rock My dog, Buddy A soda can Hypothesis #1: A person A skeleton Pinch a person Pinch a table Hypothesis #2: Light on Light off Hypothesis #3: Darwin Scenario Eiffel Tower Scenario

16. YES NO Plant Rock My dog, Buddy A soda can Hypothesis #1: A person A skeleton Pinch a person Pinch a table Hypothesis #2: Light on Light off Hypothesis #3: Darwin Scenario Eiffel Tower Scenario Hypothesis #4:

17. YES NO Plant Rock My dog, Buddy A soda can Hypothesis #1: A person A skeleton Pinch a person Pinch a table Hypothesis #2: Light on Light off Hypothesis #3: Darwin Scenario Eiffel Tower Scenario Hypothesis #4: Mrs. McCabe Male student

18. YES NO Plant Rock My dog, Buddy A soda can Hypothesis #1: A person A skeleton Pinch a person Pinch a table Hypothesis #2: Light on Light off Hypothesis #3: Darwin Scenario Eiffel Tower Scenario Hypothesis #4: Mrs. McCabe Male student in class Virus Mule

19. Hypothesize once more: what do you think the rule is? YES NO Plant Rock My dog, Buddy A soda can Hypothesis #1: A person A skeleton Pinch a person Pinch a table Hypothesis #2: Light on Light off Hypothesis #3: Darwin Scenario Eiffel Tower Scenario Hypothesis #4: Mrs. McCabe Male student in class Virus Mule Hypothesis #5:

21. Characteristics of Life YES NO Made of Cells Plant Rock My dog, Buddy A soda can Hypothesis #1: Responds to Stimulus A person A skeleton Pinch a person Pinch a table Hypothesis #2: Uses Energy Light on Light off Hypothesis #3: Grows and Develops Darwin Scenario Eiffel Tower Scenario Reproduces Mrs. McCabe Male student Virus Mule Hypothesis #4: