1. Opening Activity: Jan. 10, 2016
Reflect on your participation in the lab yesterday.
What role did you have? How was this decided?
How can you be more helpful or collaborative in your group work?
Set a “Collaboration Goal” for yourself over the next two weeks. What actions will you take in your group work to help the group move forward? Ex. I will listen to my groups ideas before adding my own.
I can… Compare common characteristics between plans, animals and decomposers.
Homework:
NONE

2. Zooming Into Plants, Animals, and Decomposers
Carbon: Transformations in Matter and Energy
Environmental Literacy Project Michigan State University
Zooming Into Plants, Animals, and Decomposers
Image Credit: Craig Douglas, Michigan State University

3. Three Kinds of Organisms (Living Things)
Animals
People
Cows
Mealworms
Fish
Sponges
Plants
Radishes
Potato plants
Oak trees
Algae
Grass
Decomposers
Bread mold
Mushrooms
Yeast
Soil bacteria
Discuss students’ ideas about how animals, plants, and decomposers are alike and different.
Use the PPT and worksheet to initiate a discussion of how animals, plants, and decomposers are alike and different.
Distribute one copy of 2.1 Comparing Plants, Animals, and Decomposers Worksheet to each student.
Show Slides 3-4 of 2.1 Zooming Into Plants, Animals, and Decomposers PPT. Discuss how to use the Venn diagram to identify characteristics that are alike and different and practice locating one characteristic from the list on the diagram.
Show Slides 5-7 of the PPT, asking students to notice how the Zooming In animations are alike and different.
Draw or project the Venn diagram on a whiteboard. Have students discuss where each characteristic from their list belongs on the Venn diagram.

4. Animals are made of cells
Animal cells are made of molecules
Animal molecules are made of atoms
Benchmark Scale
Power of Ten
Decimal Style
Large scale
Larger
Larger 100,000 10,000 1,000
Macroscopic
meter
Microscopic
Atomic-molecular
Smaller
Smaller
Show Slides 5-7 of the PPT, asking students to notice how the Zooming In animations are alike and different.
Draw or project the Venn diagram on a whiteboard. Have students discuss where each characteristic from their list belongs on the Venn diagram.
Scale: 10-8 meters = meters
Scale: 10-9 meters = meters
Scale: 10-7 meters = meters
Scale: 10-5 meters = meters
Scale: 10-1 meters = 0.1 meters
Scale: 100 meters = 1 meters
Scale: 10-2 meters = 0.01 meters
Scale: 10-3 meters = meters
Scale: 10-4 meters = meters
Scale: 10-6 meters = meters

5. Plants are made of cells
Plant cells are made of molecules
Plant molecules are made of atoms
Benchmark Scale
Power of Ten
Decimal Style
Large scale
Larger
Larger 100,000 10,000 1,000
Macroscopic
meter
Microscopic
Atomic-molecular
Smaller
Smaller
Show Slides 5-7 of the PPT, asking students to notice how the Zooming In animations are alike and different.
Draw or project the Venn diagram on a whiteboard. Have students discuss where each characteristic from their list belongs on the Venn diagram.
Scale: 10-8 meters = meters
Scale: 10-9 meters = meters
Scale: 10-7 meters = meters
Scale: 10-5 meters = meters
Scale: 10-1 meters = 0.1 meters
Scale: 100 meters = 1 meters
Scale: 10-2 meters = 0.01 meters
Scale: 10-3 meters = meters
Scale: 10-4 meters = meters
Scale: 10-6 meters = meters

6. Decomposers are made of cells
Decomposer cells are made of molecules
Decomposer molecules are made of atoms
Benchmark Scale
Power of Ten
Decimal Style
Large scale
Larger
Larger 100,000 10,000 1,000
Macroscopic
meter
Microscopic
Atomic-molecular
Smaller
Smaller
Show Slides 5-7 of the PPT, asking students to notice how the Zooming In animations are alike and different.
Draw or project the Venn diagram on a whiteboard. Have students discuss where each characteristic from their list belongs on the Venn diagram.
Scale: 10-8 meters = meters
Scale: 10-9 meters = meters
Scale: 10-7 meters = meters
Scale: 10-5 meters = meters
Scale: 10-1 meters = 0.1 meters
Scale: 10-2 meters = 0.01 meters
Scale: 10-3 meters = meters
Scale: 10-4 meters = meters
Scale: 10-6 meters = meters

7. How are plants, animals, and decomposers alike and different?
Discuss students’ ideas about how animals, plants, and decomposers are alike and different.
Use the PPT and worksheet to initiate a discussion of how animals, plants, and decomposers are alike and different.
Distribute one copy of 2.1 Comparing Plants, Animals, and Decomposers Worksheet to each student.
Show Slides 3-4 of 2.1 Zooming Into Plants, Animals, and Decomposers PPT. Discuss how to use the Venn diagram to identify characteristics that are alike and different and practice locating one characteristic from the list on the diagram.
Show Slides 5-7 of the PPT, asking students to notice how the Zooming In animations are alike and different.
Draw or project the Venn diagram on a whiteboard. Have students discuss where each characteristic from their list belongs on the Venn diagram.

8. Animals, Plants & Decomposer Venn Diagram
Create a Venn diagram in your journal to show your ideas about what characteristics different organisms share.
Share with your table your original ideas for how each category is similar or different.
Add the ideas from the class powerpoint (next slide)

9. Animals, Plants & Decomposer Venn Diagram
If you don’t have these already, put these characteristics on your diagram
They grow
They need light
They move
They need and use energy
They move and change matter
They are made of cells
They need to consume food

10. The Science of Decay Movie
While you watch the video, answer the questions on your worksheet.
Turn in worksheet at the end of class today.