In this introductory inquiry activity, students will work with a partner or in a small group to categorize cards as living or nonliving. Through class discussion and argumentation, students will come up with a class list of which cards fall into each category, as well as a list of qualifications for how they determined what they consider to be alive. This activity is a great way to kick off the school year or your ecology unit by having students critically think, engage in discussion, make cla