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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 Prentice Hall 34-40 RSG 2-1 What is Life?	Day 4 Chracteristics and Needs of Living Organisms Science Puzzle A - Z
Day 2   Is Sammy Alive? Elements Found in Living Things	Day 5 Little Penguin Finds His Way Home   Structural Adaptations
Day 3 Apple Observation   The Martian and the Car	Day 6  Imaginary Animal Adaptations
	Day 7 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 Prentice Hall 34-40 Characteristics of Living Things Life Comes From Life Redi Pasteur Needs of Living Things   Reading Study Guide 2-1 What is Life?

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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 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 On the Board 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.    Is Sammy Alive? Read story to class and discuss when Sammy died.   Elements Found in Living Things   Knowing the Elements

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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 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?    Is It Alive Candle White carnation: in blue dye Elodea Leaf under a microscope Rasins: In seltzer water Paramecium under a microscope Foaming polystyrene Is It Alive? Characteristic Chart  Put on board      The Martian and the Car

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Resources Coloring Changing Carnations  Coloring Flowers 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 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 On the Board Needs of Organisms               Water               Food               Living Space               Stable Internal Conditions                                             Living Things 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. On the Board 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   Chracteristics and Needs of Living Organisms Science A-Z Challenge

TEC Famous Scientist Wanted Poster Project    Wanted Poster  List of Scientists Famous Minority Scientist

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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 On the Board Adaptation: Trait that helps an organism survive in its environment Stimulus: the cause of the response Response: reaction to change On the Board 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   Little Penguin Finds His Way Home   Structural Adaptations  Adaptations Chart of body coverings, feeding, and movement Dinosaur Adaptations

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Resources 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 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   Whale Adaptations   Human Inventions and Whale Adaptations  Imaginary Animal Adaptations 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.

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Resources Comparing Gestation Periods: Enrichment Worksheet 7 p.E-9  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 Science Portfolio            Kids will choose 5 assignments to include.       Review for Test:              1. Reread your assignments.                 They should be in your assignment notebook.              2. Check over your returned

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Resources 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 Test Technology, Safety, and Living Things    Animal Adaptation Evauation Page 17

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ADAPTATION

Adapting to a Habitat

Imaginary Animal Adaptations

Structural Adaptations  Chart of body coverings, feeding, and movement

Adaptation of  the Human Hand

Little Penguin Finds His Way Home Story of penguin adaptations

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

The Martian and the Car

In Search of Life  Explore school grounds in search of living things.

It's Alive!....or is it?

Is Sammy Alive? Read story to class and discuss when Sammy died.

CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS

Design a Poster of a Plant or Animal

Characteristics of Living Things  Basics of Biology (On Line course)

Characteristics of Living Things

GRAPHS

Graph Paper

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.

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

Famous Scientist Wanted Poster Project

Redi's Experiment

Stanley Miller's Experiment

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.

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.

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.

Scientists With A Mission   Great site about: Redi, Needham, Spallanzani, Pasteur, and Miller

WORD SEARCH

Science Puzzle A - Z

Science A to Z Challenge

Super Scientist Word Search

 

Student Extra Credit

Extra Credit

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.

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.

Design a Poster of a Plant or Animal

Knowing the Elements   Choose one element from the periodic table and find answers to the questions.  Periodic Table

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.

Pricey Pizza Compare the size and price of your favorite pizzas.

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.

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.

Whale Adaptations   Human Inventions and Whale Adaptations Match the Gray Whale's needs with a human invention that allows us to do what whales do naturally.

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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