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Properties of Life. Diversity of Life. What is an Organism?. Maryland Science Content Standard.
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Properties of Life Diversity of Life What is an Organism?
Maryland Science Content Standard • Students will be able to provide examples and explain that organisms sorted into groups share similarities in external structures as well as similarities in internal anatomical structures and processes which can be used to infer the degree of relatedness among organisms
Objective: • Students will be able to explain characteristics all living things have in common.
Notebook • Title: Introduction to Diversity of Life • Date: 10/8/2014
Engagement Video Diversity of Life
Clicker Time • Lets see what you already know! • Answer the following questions as we go along by putting the number of your choice into your ActivExpress clicker
Diversity of Life Unit Introduction • Read the Diversity of Life Unit Outline, Enduring Understandings, and Essential Questions. • What do you think you will learn about in this unit? Answer this question in your notebook.
KWL • What do we know about living things and how they are organized? • What do I wonder? • Throughout the unit you will be asked to write about what you learned.
Properties of Life Brainstorm Discuss these questions with a partner. Be prepared to share your answers with the class. • What things do you have in common with a tomato plant? • What do all living things have in common? • How could we find out?
Properties of Life • Remember OGRRE!! O rganization: 1. Cellular Organization- made of cells 2. Similar Chemicals- water, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids G row and Develop R espond to Surroundings R eproduction E nergy Use
Vocabulary Homework • Be sure to be completing your homework daily. • Repetition will help you remember the words. • Your words can be found on the calendar weekly • The words will be found in an Excel document
Formative Assessment Question (FAQ) • If you saw a glob of green ooze moving towards you, how would you determine whether or not it was alive?