Tuesday 8/27/13 Bellringer: Find Someone Who… 8th period: Goals! Go over Syllabus Notes: Characteristics of Living Things Spot the Characteristic Homework: Google form/Signature & 3 Pictures

Find Someone Who… From your activity yesterday…name three people and something new you learned about them Try to use people you didn’t know before the activity!

Venn Diagram Fill in the Venn Diagram that has the following: Characteristics they share Non-Living Things Characteristics Living Things Characteristics

Wednesday 8/28/13 Bellringer: Draw a Scientist Finish Characteristics of Life Notes Characteristics of Life Matching Activity Diversity of Life Notes HW: VIRUSES! Living or Non-Living

Draw a Scientist Seriously, draw a scientist.

BBC December 16, 2000 Children as young as eight see scientists as "middle-aged white males who never have fun" Many children also see scientists as medical doctors

Agriculture Agronomy Animal Behavior Animal Science Anthropology Aquatic Science Astrobiology Bacteriology Biomechanics Biodiversity Studies Bioethics Bioinformatics   Biological Systems Engineering Biological Materials Supply Biometry Biophysics Biotechnology Botany Conservation of Natural Resources Curator of Museums Dairy Science Developmental Biology Ecology and Environment Endocrinology Entomology Environmental journalism Environmental Law Ethology Fisheries Biology Food Science Forensic Science Forestry Genetic counseling Genetics Genomics Health Fields Herpetology Horticulture Ichthyology Immunology Laboratory Animal Science Limnology Marine Biology Microscopy Mycology (Study of Fungi) Neuroscience (Neurobiology) Oceanography Ornithology Paleontology Physiology (Animal) Plant Pathology Proteomics Science writer Soil Science Systematics Teaching Biology Veterinary Medicine Virology Wildlife Conservation and Management Zoology

Characteristics of Living things Made of Cells: All organisms are made of cells that are organized with cells/parts having particular function Homeostasis: The organism works to maintain ideal conditions (I.e. body temp) Heredity/Reproduction: All animals reproduce (includes cell division), and when they do, DNA is passed on to offspring

Characteristics of Living things Response to Stimuli: All organisms respond to stimuli from the environment Growth and Development: Organisms grow and develop following the pattern of their species Metabolism/Energy Usage: All organisms require energy for their various functions

Activity: Make a List from 1-11 Look at the following pictures Which of the six characteristic of life is each pictures showing (can often be more than one!)

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Homework: Write this info down Find three different pictures of organisms The pictures can be printed from the internet, or from any magazine, book, newspaper, etc One picture has to be an organism that isn’t a plant/animal DESCRIBE 3 characteristics of life the organism is showing PER PICTURE The descriptions must be written out in full, not just listed!!!

Homework Example Response to Stimulus: The dog sees the cupcake, its eye’s get wide and it tries to eat it! Maintain Homeostasis: The dog is eating to maintain the body conditions it needs Metabolism/Energy Usage: The dog is using energy to get to the cupcake to eat it

Agenda: Objective: To explore life’s diversity Agenda: Bellringer/Discussion Notes on Diversity and Biological Levels Start diversity activity Homework: Animal Diversity Activity due tomorrow Quiz Monday

Diversity of Life Life on earth is sssoooooo diverse, that Biologists have divided into separate classes and groups Domains: The largest groups. There are 3. Bacteria: Archaea: Eukarya: Prokaryotic: Cells have no nucleus or organelles Eukaryotic: Have a nucleus and organelles Prokaryotic Eukaryotic

Diversity of Life Eukarya Domain Kingdoms:The next largest group of classification. There are 6. Eubacteria: Bacteria Domain Archaebacteria: Archaea Domain Protista: Fungi: Plantae: Animalia: Eukarya Domain

The trees Woese’s genetic sequence data generated had some big surprises. First and foremost, the sequences revealed that the biggest division in the diversity of life on earth was not between plants and animals. It wasn’t even between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The new trees revealed instead that the diversity among the microbes was dramatically greater than ever imagined—particularly because of the discovery of a completely new group of prokaryotes called archaea, which thrive in some of earth’s most extreme environments and differ greatly from bacteria. The tree of life was revised to show three primary branches called domains: the bacteria, the archaea, and the eukarya (Figure 10-27 All living organisms are classified into one of three groups). 41

Homework!! **Viruses** Use the internet to research whether viruses are living or nonliving. List 2-3 reasons (use your six characteristics of life as a guide) that viruses are considered LIVING and 2-3 why viruses are considered NON-LIVING. End with a statement of whether you feel they should be considered living or non-living and why.

HOMEWORK!!! Use the same 3 pictures you used for homework today List the top 4 levels of Biological Organization do the following for each: Organism: Give its scientific and common name Population: Name a real place where a population of them is found Community: List at least 3 other populations found around them in that ecosystem Ecosystem: For that real place they are found, list and describe 5 specific non-living factors and how they affect them (i.e. desert: Very dry, so they have to…)

8/29/13 Bellringer: Diversity of LIFE Diversity of Life Review Biological Diversity Stations

Diversity of Life Here are 3 living things. What is similar about them? What is different about them? What domain/kingdom do each belong to? Bacteria

Levels of Biological Organization Starting Big… Ecosystem: Consists of every organism in an area, and all non-living factors (Ex: Rain Forest) Community: Only the organisms in an area Population: All the organisms of one species in an area Organism: One individual living thing

Levels of Biological Organization Organ System: Groups of organs within an organism working towards one purpose Organ: A structure made of tissue that has a specific function Tissue: Groups of similar cells that perform a specific function Cell: Fundamental unit of life separated from other cells by a membrane Molecule: A cluster of atoms (Example: DNA)