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Unit 1 Cells and Heredity
Chapter 2 Living Things
Section 1 What is Life?


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2-1 What is Life?

Characteristics of Living Things
Life Comes From Life
Redi
Pasteur
Needs of Living Things


Day 1
readme.gif (1442 bytes) Prentice Hall 34-40
Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) RSG 2-1 What is Life?
Day 4
Pencil.gif (434 bytes) Chracteristics and Needs of Living Organisms

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Science Puzzle A - Z
Day 2
Lecture.gif (2227 bytes)  Is Sammy Alive?
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Day 5
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Pencil.gif (434 bytes)  Structural Adaptations
Day 3
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Apple Observation
Pencil.gif (434 bytes)  The Martian and the Car
Day 6
crayon0a.gif (328 bytes)  Imaginary Animal Adaptations
Day 7
Pencil.gif (434 bytes) Science Portfolio

 

Day 1
Topic 2-1 What is Life?
Objectives
List the characteristics all living things share.
Explain where living things come from.
Identify what all living things need to survive.
State Goals
12.B.1a  Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment.
Classwork-Homework
readme.gif (1442 bytes) Prentice Hall 34-40
Characteristics of Living Things
Life Comes From Life
Redi
Pasteur
Needs of Living Things

 Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Reading Study Guide 2-1 What is Life?

TEC
Resources

 

Day 2             
Topic  Alive or Not Alive?
Objective
Can begin to categorize objects as alive or not alive.
Can recognize that movement does not necessarily mean something is alive.
Can list and describe the six characteristics of living things.
Can determine when death occurs.
Can name living and non-living parts of the environment.
Can describe how fish are adapted to their environment.
State Goals
12.B.3a  Identify and classify biotic and abiotic factors in an environment that affect population density, habitat and placement of organisms in an energy pyramid.
Classwork-Homework
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On the Board
Organism:
any living thing
Cell: basic unit of structure and function in living things
Characteristic: quality or property that defines or classifies something
Unicellular: one celled
Multicellular
:  many celled

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Characteristics of Organisms

1. Made of one or more cells.
2. Use energy.
3. Have features that help them adapt to their surroundings.
4. React to changes in their surroundings
5. Change or develop during their lifetimes.
6. Can produce more organisms of their own kind.

 Lecture.gif (2227 bytes)  Is Sammy Alive? Read story to class and discuss when Sammy died.

 crayon0a.gif (328 bytes) Elements Found in Living Things

 star.gif (2279 bytes) Knowing the Elements

TEC
Resources

 

Day 3
Topic Martian and the Car
Objectives
Define an organism as a living thing.
Identify the sun as the source of energy for most living things.
Infer how energy from the sun passes to a cow.
State Goals
12.C.1a  Identify and compare sources of energy.
Classwork-Homework
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Apple Observation 
Real Apple, Wooden, Metal,  A picture of an apple, paper with word Apple written on it, a paper with "Apfel" written on it (German for Apple)
1. Write 6 characteristics of living things on board.
2. Explain how an apple has all 6
3. Put chart on board and write all the characteristics kids can come up with. I used back of Day 6 Notebook Page.

Shape   Color     Size   Texture
round red small smooth
    big waxy
    3"  

4. Show other apples and cross off the characteristics on chart.
5. Ask when wasn't it an apple to you?

 Magnify0b.gif (341 bytes)  Is It Alive
Candle
White carnation: in blue dye
Elodea Leaf under a microscope
Rasins: In seltzer water
Paramecium under a microscope
Foaming polystyrene

Note02.gif (247 bytes) Is It Alive? Characteristic Chart  Put on board
  
Pencil.gif (434 bytes)  The Martian and the Car                                        

TEC
Resources
Magnify0b.gif (341 bytes) Coloring Changing Carnations 
Magnify0b.gif (341 bytes) Coloring Flowers
Magnify0b.gif (341 bytes)Dancing Rasins

 

Day 4
Topic Life Comes From Life and Needs of Living Things
Objectives
Recognize that all life comes from existing life.
Identify and describe the needs of living things.
State Goals
12.A.3b  Compare characteristics of organisms produced from a single parent with those of organisms produced by two parents.
12.B.1a  Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment.
Classwork-Homework
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On the Board
Spontaneous Generation:
idea that living things come from nonliving things  
Biogenesis: the theory that living things come from other living things
Autotroph: organism that can make its own food
Heterotroph: organism that cannot make its own food
Homeostasis: Process of keeping conditions inside a body constant, no matter the temperature

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Needs of Organisms
              Water
              Food
              Living Space
              Stable Internal Conditions                                          
 
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Nile River floods every year.
Mud becomes rich silt.
Millions of frogs appeared.
Frogs come from mud.
In the Middle Ages farmers stored grain in wooden buildings.
Buildings had thatched roofs. with thatched roofs
Mice got in grain.
Mice come from grain.
No refrigerators during the Middle Ages. 
People bought or traded for food everyday.
Butcher shops hung meat outside.
The customer asked for a slice of meat.
The butcher chased the flies away and cut off a piece.
The customer didn't use the meat right away and it rotted.
Maggots appeared on the rotten meat.
Flies come from rotten meat.


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Scientists: Where Life Comes From

Francesco Redi 1668 One of the first to disprove spontaneous generation. An Italian doctor who proved maggots came from flies.
Louis Pasteur 1864 One of the first to disprove spontaneous generation. A French scientist who proved that microorganisms were carried by dust not air.
Lazzaro Spallanzani 1867 One of the first to disprove spontaneous generation. An Italian scientist who proved microorganisms could be killed by boiling.
Aleksander Oparin early 1900's form of Spontaneous Generation took much longer, and happened a long time ago with intense energy.
Stanley Miller 1952 Tested Oparin's theory by creating simple molecules by combining atmospheric gaseous and lighting

 Pencil.gif (434 bytes) Chracteristics and Needs of Living Organisms

star.gif (2279 bytes) Science A-Z Challenge

TEC
Pencil.gif (434 bytes) Famous Scientist Wanted Poster Project    crayon0a.gif (328 bytes) Wanted Poster 
Note02.gif (247 bytes) List of Scientists
Note02.gif (247 bytes) Famous Minority Scientist
Resources

 

Day 5
Topic Adaptation
Objectives
Identify and describe some adaptations of organisms.
State Goals
12.B.2b  Identify physical features of plants nimals that help them live in different environments.
12.B.3b Compare and assess features of organisms for the adapatative, competitive, and survival potential.
Classwork-Homework
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On the Board
Adaptation:
Trait that helps an organism survive in its environment
Stimulus: the cause of the response
Response: reaction to change


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Adaptations

Cactus spines for leaves Protection
Polar Bear white color Camoflague
Human flexible thumb Grasping
Fish gills Oxygen from water
Frog Breathe through skin Hibernation

 openbook.gif - 325 Bytes Little Penguin Finds His Way Home

 Pencil.gif (434 bytes) Structural Adaptations 
Adaptations Chart of body coverings, feeding, and movement

star.gif (2279 bytes) Dinosaur Adaptations

TEC
Resources
star.gif (2279 bytes) Animal Adaptations  Click on Life Processes     

 

Day 6
Topic Adaptation
Objectives
List primate adaptations.
Identify animals with certain adaptations.
Create an imaginary creature
State Goals
12.B.2b  Identify physical features of plants nimals that help them live in different environments.
12.B.3b Compare and assess features of organisms for the adapatative, competitive, and survival potential. (e.g. appendages, reproductive rates, camoflague, defensice structures)
Classwork-Homework
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On the Board

Primate Adaptations

Grasping Hand climbing and grasping tree limbs
Reduction in snout Lack of sense of smell
Bigger Brain Stereoscopic and color vision
Longer gestation and infancy protection of baby

 Computer.gif (1114 bytes) Whale Adaptations  

Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Human Inventions and Whale Adaptations

crayon0a.gif (328 bytes)  Imaginary Animal Adaptations

star.gif (2279 bytes) Adaptation Match  Write the name and habitat for 4 different animals. Locate pictures and information on their habitats.  Write the name of the animal and record their habitat.  Then list three important physical adaptations for each animal.

TEC
Resources
Pencil.gif (434 bytes) Comparing Gestation Periods: Enrichment Worksheet 7 p.E-9
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 Animal Adaptation Chart
Examples of adaptation in Groundhog, Deer, Mole, Frog, Turtle etc,

 

Day 7
Topic Notebook Portfolio
Objectives
To evaluate assignments.
Review for test.
State Goals
Classwork-Homework
Pencil.gif (434 bytes) Science Portfolio
           Kids will choose 5 assignments to include.      
Lecture.gif (2227 bytes) Review for Test:
             1. Reread your readme.gif (802 bytes) assignments.
                They should be in your assignment notebook.
             2. Check over your returned  Pencil.gif (434 bytes)
TEC
Resources
Pencil.gif (434 bytes) Portfolio in Action Room for teacher comments

 

Day 8
Topic Evaluation
Objectives
To evaluate knowledge.
State Goals
12.B.2b  Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments.
Classwork-Homework
braininjar.gif (1615 bytes) Test Technology, Safety, and Living Things
  
braininjar.gif (1615 bytes) Animal Adaptation Evauation Page 17
TEC
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Teacher Resources

 Pencil.gif - 434 Bytes Activities     Magnify0b.gif - 341 Bytes Investigations       Art      Computer.gif (1114 bytes) OnLine  
Note02.gif - 247 Bytes  Resources     Earth.gif - 6650 Bytes  Web Sites    
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ADAPTATION
 Pencil.gif (434 bytes)   Adapting to a Habitat
 Pencil.gif - 434 Bytes Imaginary Animal Adaptations
 Pencil.gif (434 bytes)  Structural Adaptations  Chart of body coverings, feeding, and movement
 Magnify0b.gif - 341 Bytes  Adaptation of  the Human Hand
 openbook.gif - 325 Bytes Little Penguin Finds His Way Home Story of penguin adaptations
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Animal Adaptation: WebQuest  Use the links below to learn more about your role. Specifically, look for answers to the following questions: How do animals adapt to the places they live?  Give three examples of how an animal adapted to its conditions.  Make up 1 - 3 rules about how animals adapt. A Great Web Site !!!
ALIVE / NOT ALIVE
 Pencil.gif (434 bytes)  The Martian and the Car
Magnify0b.gif (341 bytes) In Search of Life  Explore school grounds in search of living things.
 Magnify0b.gif (341 bytes) It's Alive!....or is it?
 Note02.gif (247 bytes) Is Sammy Alive? Read story to class and discuss when Sammy died.
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS
Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Design a Poster of a Plant or Animal
 Note02.gif (247 bytes) Characteristics of Living Things  Basics of Biology (On Line course)

 Earth.gif (6650 bytes)Characteristics of Living Things             

 GRAPHS
 Note02.gif - 247 Bytes Graph Paper
 Note02.gif - 247 Bytes Line Graph Rubric    This analytic rubric is used to verify specific tasks performed when constructing a line graph. If the task has been completed, all points are awarded. No points are awarded if the task is not complete.
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes)  Making a Line Graph    Graphs are a useful tool in science. The visual characteristics of a graph make trends in data easy to see. One of the most valuable uses for graphs is to "predict" data that is not measured on the graph.
SCIENTISTS
 Pencil.gif (434 bytes) Famous Scientist Wanted Poster Project
 Note02.gif - 247 Bytes Redi's Experiment
 Note02.gif - 247 Bytes Stanley Miller's Experiment
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) An Interview With Stanley Miller  In 1953, a University of Chicago graduate student named Stanley Miller working in Harold Urey's lab flipped a switch sending electric current through a chamber containing a combination of methane, ammonia, hydrogen and water. The experiment yielded organic compounds including amino acids, the building blocks of life, and catapulted a field of study known as exobiology into the headlines.   Read the interview.
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Louis Pasteur    If one were to choose among the greatest benefactors of humanity, Louis Pasteur would certainly rank at the top. He solved the mysteries of rabies, anthrax, chicken cholera, and silkworm diseases, and contributed to the development of the first vaccines.
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Pasteur's Experiment    One of the first to disprove spontaneous generation. A French scientist who proved that micro organisms were carried by dust not air.
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Scientists With A Mission   Great site about: Redi, Needham, Spallanzani, Pasteur, and Miller
WORD SEARCH
 Pencil.gif (434 bytes) Science Puzzle A - Z   
 Pencil.gif (434 bytes)  Science A to Z Challenge
 Pencil.gif (434 bytes) Super Scientist Word Search

 

Student Extra Credit

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 star.gif (2279 bytes)  Adaptation Match  Write the name and habitat for 4 different animals. Locate pictures and information on their habitats.  Write the name of the animal and record their habitat.  Then list three important physical adaptations for each animal.
 star.gif (2279 bytes) Animal Adaptation E-Safaris   This animal lives in northern Asia where the weather can be very cold.  This animal eats other animals for food and is covered in thick fur. What animal might this be?  How might this animal's fur help it hunt food?  Take a Safari to find out who this mystery animal is.  Use the Answer Page and take 5 Electronic Safaris to other web sites as you learn about adaptations.
star.gif (2279 bytes) Design a Poster of a Plant or Animal
 star.gif (2279 bytes) Knowing the Elements   Choose one element from the periodic table and find answers to the questions.  Periodic Table
 star.gif - 2279 Bytes  Prefixes and Suffixes Worksheet    Therm means "heat" & meter means "measure of" so a thermometer is an instrument used to measure heat.  Use  Scientific Prefixes and Suffixes   to help you find the meanings and definitions.
 star.gif - 2279 Bytes  Pricey Pizza Compare the size and price of your favorite pizzas.
 star.gif - 2279 Bytes  Super Scientist Fact Sheet  Research a scientist. What do they do?  How much do they make?  What tools do they use?  What education do they have?  Use this Career Site to find information.
 star.gif (2279 bytes) Timeline of Major Discoveries in Biology      The timeline briefly describes some scientific discoveries in the area of life science. Your SciQuest assignment has three parts:  1. Explain One: Take one of the events from this list, find out more about it, and write a paragraph giving some details of the discovery. I'd like to try and take the events in order.  2. Add One: Write one sentence about a biological discovery that has taken place in the past 25 years. The list ends at 1974 and I'd like to add some more recent items to this list.  3. Predict One: Use your imagination to think of a biological discovery that might happen in the near future.
 star.gif (2279 bytes) Computer.gif (1114 bytes) Whale Adaptations   Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Human Inventions and Whale Adaptations Match the Gray Whale's needs with a human invention that allows us to do what whales do naturally. 
 star.gif - 2279 Bytes Who Dunnit? Crime Solving    Who took a bite out of the candy?  Sticky fingers have been found on the broken aquarium glass. Wet footprints lead to the open window. What is that powdery substance next to the broken piggy bank? Answering these questions is what forensic science is all about.  Turn in for credit


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