1. Bell Work
Post-Its
Write down four things that answers “What is Life” or “What does a living thing have that non-living things do not”
Get with partner and stick matching Post-Its together
If you have some that don’t match, explain to your partner what you meant
Two-partner groups, get with another two-partner group and compare. Stick matching Post-Its together
Explain the remaining unmatched sticky notes to others in order to convince them

2. Bell Work Focus
Get book number from shelf that corresponds to your seat number
From Pages 4 and 5, answer auestions:
Earth is home to an incredible______of life
All living things and all the places they are found on Earth make up the __________.
List at least five things that make up the biosphere
The variety of organisms in a given area is called biological diversity or _________.
___________is the study of all forms of life.
Biology or life science is the study of ________things and their________with their environment.
________is the knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws or principles that can be verified or tested.

3. Bell Work Focus
Get book number from shelf that corresponds to your seat number
From Pages 4 and 5, answer questions:
Earth is home to an incredible diversity of life
All living things and all the places they are found on Earth make up the _biosphere_.
List at least five things that make up the biosphere
Deserts, grasslands, forests, saltwater, freshwater, plants, animals, bacteria, fungi
The variety of organisms in a given area is called biological diversity or _biodiversity_.
_Biology is the study of all forms of life.
Biology or life science is the study of _living things and their_interactions_with their environment.
_Science_is the knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws or principles that can be verified or tested.

4. Spiral Layout Day/Date: Enter Date Objective: Students will learn…
Greek/Latin Vocabulary: Term needed to help understand common terms or roots
Vocabulary/Bell Work: Copy vocabulary terms and definitions and answer Bell Work questions in this section
Assignment: Homework or things to prepare

5. Objective: Students will learn the characteristics of life
Day/Date: August 25, 2016
Objective: Students will learn the characteristics of life
Greek Vocabulary:
Bio- : Life
-logy : Study of
Vocabulary/Bell Work:
Organism – any living thing
Cell – Basic unit of life
System – Organized group of related parts that intersect
Assignment: Get with me if you haven’t taken the Lab Safety Quiz

6. The study of Life Biology seeks to understand the Living world
What is BIOLOGY ?
The study of Life
Biology seeks to understand the Living world

7. What Does It Mean to Be Alive?
Characteristics of Life
REMEMBER:
You need to fill in your notes with words that are in green.

8. All living organisms share some basic properties
Intro to Characteristics of Life

9. Made of Cells
Smallest living thing
Unicellular vs Multicellular

10. Organisms can be: Unicellular – one cell
Entire organism is made up of one single cell
Bacteria and protists
Multicellular- more than one cell
The entire organism is made up of many cells
Cells have specialized functions within the organism

11. Reproduction
All living things Reproduce – produce offspring of their own kind
Necessary for the survival of the species

12. Two types of reproduction
Asexual Reproduction
A single parent organism reproducing by itself
Sexual Reproduction
Two different parent organisms (male and female) contribute DNA to produce a new organism.
Bacterial Reproduction - E.coli

13. Based on a Universal Genetic Code
All organisms share the same basic genetic code, but every organism has a different arrangement of the genetic code
Genes carry hereditary information
Genes are composed of DNA
DNA determines our inherited traits
DNA is a BIOMOLECULE  Nucleic Acid
Nucleotides (Monomer)  DNA (Polymer)

15. DNA code is passed from generation to generation.
The passing of inherited traits is the reason children look like their parents.

16. Grow and Develop All organisms Grow and Develop Growth
Physical change in size, over a period of time or an increase in the number of cells.

17. Development
Change in the physical form or physiological make- up of an organism
Physiology
Study of functions in living systems. How your body works.

18. Need and Use Energy
Living organisms need energy to grow, develop, repair damage, and reproduce

19. Metabolism
The combination of all chemical reactions in an organism in which an organism build up or breaks down molecules
Breaking down big molecules into smaller molecules +
Building up big molecules
= Metabolism

20. Respond to Their Environment
Organisms react to immediate changes or needs (stimulus)
Stimulus:
Something that causes a physiological response
Response: Reaction to stimulus

21. Examples of Stimuli (plural for stimulus)
Light
Temperature
Sound
Gravity
Heat
Water
Pressure
Plant response to light

22. Maintain a Stable Environment
Homeostasis (Internal Balance)
External condition may change dramatically, but all organism must keep internal conditions relatively stable by the process of Internal feedback

23. Some examples of stable conditions in our body that are necessary for life
Body temperature
Blood volume
pH balance
Water balance

24. Change Over Time
Over multiple generations, organisms must change by adaptation to their environment and through the process of natural selection

25. Natural Selection
Gradual process by which biological traits become more or less common in a population through reproduction and environmental influence.

26. Adaptation
A process that enables organisms to become better suited to their environment