Discrepant Activity for - Living concept assessment

Preparation

Have drawing materials and paper for the students to - Draw a cell with all its details and explain it.

Activity

Ask the students to draw three pictures of living things.

Questions to ask about the pictures.

• How do you know they are alive?
• How are they all alike?
• How are they different?
• What do they need to stay alive?
• What other things are living that you could have drawn?
• What is something that is not living?
• How is it different and the same?
• What are the least similar properties or characteristics and object can have to be alive?

Results