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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: SWBAT list/describe all levels of biological organization AND use resources of textbook to complete scavenger hunt
- Warm up: What is a hierarchy? What is the smallest building block of regular matter that you can name? [3]
- Biological levels of organization [25]
- Textbook Scavenger Hunt [20]
- Turn in Seed Germination Lab [~2]
- Work on It’s Alive! paragraph [10]
It’s Alive! Directions
- Look around the room or use your imagination to come up with an object that you believe is a living thing.
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Write a six or seven-sentence paragraph on a separate sheet of paper
explaining what characteristics or features make this thing qualify as
being a living thing that is currently alive
- Guiding questions:
Does this thing respond to events in its environment? How? Does/can it
change over time? How? Does it move? How? What’s going on inside this
this thing/what’s it made of?
HOMEWORK: Finish It’s Alive! paragraph
TOMORROW: Properties of Water
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: SWBAT list/describe all levels of biological organization AND use resources of textbook to complete scavenger hunt
- Warm up: What is a hierarchy? Name the smallest building blocks of regular matter that you know. [3]
- Biological levels of organization [20]
-Textbook Scavenger Hunt [20]
- Work on Seed Germination Lab [12]
- Work on It’s Alive! paragraph [~10]
- Check graphing practice HW [~5]
It’s Alive! Directions
- Write a short story
(1 page) on a separate sheet of paper about someone discovering a thing
that they believe is alive. As the story unfolds, be sure to
describe/explain what characteristics or features make your main
character(s) (the discoverer) believe this thing qualifies as being a
living thing that is currently alive
- Guiding questions: Does this thing respond to events in its
environment? How? Does/can it change over time? How? Does it move? How?
What’s going on inside this this thing/what’s it made of?
HOMEWORK: Finish It’s Alive stories
TOMORROW: Seed Germ. Lab Cont’d, Properties of H2O
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