What question are we investigating? For the first week of Science Methods I, we discussed the question: "What makes something living?" We did this through small group discussion at our tables by looking at random pictures of natural objects. After discussing these small groups, we had a whole group discussion to compare opinions. What did we do in lab to investigate this question? The teacher started this lab by giving each table cards with images of natural objects. Some objects that were included were a molecule, soil, and a strawberry. Some of the natural objects created more questions over the characteristics of what is living and non-living, An example of this could be the strawberry. My small group debated whether it matters if the strawberry is on the stem or not. Is a strawberry living if it is on the stem? Is it non-living once it is removed from the stem? Another object we looked at was soil. We all agreed that it wasn’t living because parts of the soil can h...
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