PE-Bring winter sports clothing - jackets, gloves, helmet, goggles for olympic pictures.

Science- Diversity of life- four questions:

1. Create two columns on a piece of paper.
Compare a salmon and a tomato plant,
based on the characteristics of living things.
2. How is each of the following organisms
meeting its needs?
• Worms burrow into the ground.
• Mudpuppies are solitary. They build
walls around their territory to keep
others away.
• The Gila monster stores fat in its tail.
• A Venus flytrap snaps shut when it
senses an insect on its leaves.
• A frog soaks up water through its skin.
3. What do scientists mean when they talk
about the "diversity of life"?
4. Volcanoes grow over time. Use what you
have learned about the characteristics and
needs of living things to explain whether
or not volcanoes are living things.

characteristics of living things: questions 1, 4
They are made of one or more cells.
They grow and develop.
They reproduce.
They respond to stimuli

needs of living things: question #2
Nutrients
Water
Habitat