Whats Alive

Before we looked at the different items we were going to put in the baggy we went over what we thought what living things are and what they need to survive.
Seeing all the different things that we had to put in the bag was interesting, because when I first looked at the items, some were obvious to me as to which were alive or not alive, but then we were asked which ones are dead but once were living and then we had to really think about that. The paper towel that was damp from water was not living, but at one point it was alive as a tree. This is the same as the toothpick, which comes from a tree.
After a week we opened the bag and it was cool to see the seeds actually sprouted and made little plants. Ours didn't grow very big, but other groups had seeds that grew pretty big. This also made it apparent as to which of the items were actually alive, which was the beans, kernels, and seeds.