Life Science: Session 1 Session 1. What Is Life? During this
session, you will have an opportunity to build understandings to
help you: - Distinguish between living, dead, and nonliving -
Define the characteristics of life What is life? This question
at first seems deceptively simple — we all know how to recognize
what is living and what is not. Or do we? What are the
characteristics of all living things, and how do we know if an
object really possesses those characteristics? This session
explores how the concept “life” can be defined. Error - unable
to load content - Flash We open with a look at environments
where you wouldn’t expect to find life and pose the question: If
you are looking for life, what do you look for? Dr. Herbert
Thier, representing the Science Curriculum Improvement Study
(SCIS3+), emphasizes the importance of building understandings
of the concept “life” in the early elementary grades as a
foundation for the development of ideas in life science
throughout the elementary school years and b