LIVING THINGS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT 



A field trip to the shore. After you have finished this unit come back to this 

 picture and tell what forms of life the group will probably find in this place. 



grounds, and how we can best attract them. All these 

 and many other questions come into the minds of boys 

 and girls when they think about the living things that are 

 their neighbors. 



PROBLEM 1. WHAT IS BEING ALIVE? 



Some Beliefs about How Life Originated. On the 



other hand, we know a good deal about what living things 

 do and how they differ from things that are not alive. 

 For thousands of years people thought that living things, 

 such as flies, bees, or other insects, were formed out of the 

 rotting flesh of animals. The Bible quotes such a belief 

 when it gives Samson's riddle : "Out of the eater came 

 forth meat and out of the strong came forth sweetness." 



