1. Do Now: Scientific Method Practice
GOAL: We will be able to explain the characteristics of living organisms.
Turn in Scientific Method Homework to the folder at your station before the timer goes off!! After the timer goes off, you will lose ten points

2. Ants Count
We will be watching a short experiment and recording the different steps of the scientific method.

3. We will now take a moment to review your homework
We will now take a moment to review your homework. Please correct any incorrect answers

4. Clear your desk of all materials
Clear your desk of all materials. We will now take a quiz on the scientific method.

5. Characteristics of Living Things

6. GOAL: We will be able to explain the characteristics of living organisms.

7. Think-Write-Pair-Share
You are an investigator on Earth and you have been contacted by an alien investigator. They ask you to describe in detail the difference between living and non-living things. (HINT: remember that your description must be appropriate to include ALL living things such as bacteria, fish, plants and animals).

8. Put an L next to all of the things you think are living and an
N next to the things you think are nonliving:
___ Plant ___ Human ___ Water
___ Sunlight ___ Flower ___ Minerals
___ Wind ___ Yeast ___ Rock
___ Frog ___ Bird ___ Rain
___ Mold ___ Temperature ___ Bacteria
___ Oxygen ___ Humidity ___ Fire

9. What is Biology?
Biology  the study of living things
Bio = Life
ology = study of
Living things are classified into 5 groups:
Animals
Plants
Fungi
Protists
Bacteria
In Biology, we call these the 5 kingdoms of living things.

10. Living vs. Nonliving Living things Biotic Called organisms
Made up of CELLS
(unicellular and multicellular)
Examples:
Plants
Animals
people
Non-living things
Abiotic
“A” = no; not
Examples:
Soil
Rocks
Water
Air

11. Organization of Living Things
Organism
Organ System
Organs
Tissues
Cells
Molecules
Atoms/Elements

12. Synthesis How organisms build necessary molecules Synthesis = MAKE
Examples:
Protein Synthesis: making proteins from DNA
Photosynthesis: plants make food using energy from sunlight

13. Transport How organisms get what they need to cells Examples:
Circulation and absorption
Active transport; diffusion; osmosis; facilitated diffusion
This keeps your body balanced and hydrated!

14. Excretion
How organisms get rid of their waste and balance their fluids
Examples:
Removing fluids to balance water
Removing unused molecules from food (solid waste)

15. Sweating – reduces body temperature
Regulation
How organisms control body processes
Examples:
Important to HOMEOSTASIS - to maintain BALANCE within the body
Short term change based on stimulus (stimulus and response)
allows living things to adapt to changes
Sweating – reduces body temperature

16. Nutrients How organisms break down and absorb food (nutrition)
Examples:
Fungi decompose dead remains (decomposer)
Plants make their own food (autotroph)
Animals consume other organisms and absorb food (heterotroph)

17. Grow & Develop
How organisms make new cells and develop necessary body parts
Examples:
Birds develop in an egg
Mammals develop in a uterus
Fungi develop from a spore
Plants develop from a seed
Grow – to get larger in size; body size
Develop – to change due to hormonal or mental cues

18. Living things are complex and made up of many levels
5. Organism
4. Organ System
3. Organs
2. Tissues
Cells – basic unit of life
* Atoms, Molecules
*Elements

19. Muscle cell
Muscle tissue
Heart
Circulatory System/ Organsim

20. Reproduction How organisms make new individuals like themselves
This is the only one that is NOT required for the organisms survival, but is for the species survival!
Examples:
Prevents Extinction
Sexual vs. Asexual
Internal or external fertilization

21. Respiration
How organisms get oxygen and release carbon dioxide to make usable energy
A series of chemical reactions that result in the release of energy (ATP = energy for cells)
Examples:
Anaerobic respiration = NO oxygen
Aerobic respiration = oxygen
Plants exchange gasses

22. Guided Practice STERNGRR Practice Worksheet

23. Posters Each group will be focus on ONE characteristic On your poster:
DEFINE their characteristic in your own words
PROVIDE an example of this characteristic
DRAW a depiction of the characteristic.

24. HW: STERNGRR Practice Worksheet
Finish Part II of the STERNGRR Practice Worksheet
UNIT 1 VOCABULARY DUE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND

25. Exit Ticket
Pick one of the 8 Characteristics of life and describe it in detail. Br sure to provide an example to support your answer.