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This activity aims to help students identify whether objects in pictures are biotic or abiotic. It also explores the characteristics of living and nonliving things, and the differences between them. Students will create a graphic organizer and discuss the smallest unit of life and its functions. The purpose is to classify and understand the world around us.

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  1. Do Now: For each of the following pictures, identify whether the object is biotic (living) or abiotic (non-living). Explain why. Volcano blowfish Tomato plant

  2. CLO: SWBAT textually, kinesthetically and verbally examineand identify the characteristics of living and non-living things using academic language whilst using images, video and groups.EQ: What is the smallest unit of life that can function independently and has all the characteristics of life?WHY: Allows us to classify and make order of the world around us.

  3. In groups make a graphic organizer to address the following: 1. What are some characteristics of living things? 2. What are some characteristics of nonliving things? 3. What makes living things different from nonliving things? Living vs. Nonliving

  4. What is biology? • The study of living things • All living things share certain characteristics • Video

  5. 1. Made of 1 or more cells • Unicellular (one cell) - ex. Bacteria • Multicellular (many cells) - ex. Animals, plants

  6. 2. Need energy to survive • Autotrophs - get energy from sun • Heterotrophs - get energy by consuming nutrients from their environment

  7. 3. Respond to stimuli in their environment • Stimuli - factors in the environment that living things react to (ex. Light, temperature, sound, etc.)

  8. 4. All living things reproduce • Sexual - two sex cells required (sperm and egg) • Asexual - only one parent cell is needed

  9. 5. Grow and develop • Each cell divides to make new cells (cell division) – results in growth • Some cells become specialized and perform different jobs than others (differentiation)

  10. 6. Maintain homeostasis • Homeostasis – a relatively stable internal environment (within a certain range) - (ex. Human body temperature (approximately 98.6 degrees F))

  11. 7. Have a universal genetic code • All living things have DNA • DNA passes on genetic information from one generation to the next

  12. 8. Adapt and evolve over time • Evolution - gradual change in a populationof organisms over time • Individuals DO NOT evolve

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