1. Characteristics of Life: Warm-Ups

2. Why is important that scientists make detailed observations?
Warm Up
Why is important that scientists make detailed observations?

3. August 21st 2014
Thought to Ponder: Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

4. August 21st 2013
Warm Up: Write a detailed description of the picture.

6. August 21st 2014
Thought to Ponder:

7. August 25th 2014
Warm Up: Write 3 observations about the item in front of the girl after watching the short video. Can you make an inference?

8. August 25th 2014

9. August 26st 2014
Thought to Ponder: Don’t find the fault, Find the Remedy.
Henry Ford

10. August 26th 2014
Warm Up: Looking at the picture below, write 1 observation and 1 logical inference.
Thought of the Day
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes. – Henry J. Kaiser

11. August 26th 2014
Its ALIVE! Write down everything you believe something has to have to be considered living.

12. August 28th 2014
Warm Up: What is the difference between an inference and an observation? Why is it important for scientists to make observations and not inferences?
Thought of the Day:
By learning you will teach; by teaching you will understand. - Latin Proverb

13. September 2nd 2014 Thought to ponder:
What do chickens call a school test? Eggs-amination!
***CFA Thursday

14. September 2nd 2014
Warm Up: Look back at your living/Non-living/dead word sort. What items have some characteristics of living things, but are still not considered living?

15. September 3rd 2014 Thought to ponder:
Why do chickens lay eggs? Because if they dropped them they would break!

16. September 3rd 2014 Warm Up: Good Detailed Descriptions:
1.) The egg lost its shell
2.) The egg got bigger
3.) The shell dissolved and the egg grew.
4.) It looks as though the shell dissolved into the vinegar. The egg has also gained 30.2 grams and looks to have gotten bigger in size.

17. September 4th 2014 Thought to ponder:
If milk goes bad if not refrigerated, does it go bad if the cow isn't refrigerated?

18. September 4th 2014
Warm Up: Pick an item in the room. Write an explanation as to why the organism is or isn’t living.
Did your partner use the characteristics of life as a method to convince you?
Try again! Be Fearless!

19. September 5th 2014 Thought to ponder:
Do dentists go to other dentists or do they just do it themselves?

20. September 4th 2014 Sexual: Asexual:
Warm Up: Explain the difference between an organism that reproduces sexually vs one that reproduces asexually.
Sexual:
*Two Parents
*Traits from both parents
*Offspring produced slowly
Asexual:
*One Parents
*Traits identical to parent
*Offspring produced quickly

22. September 8th 2014 Thought to ponder:
Why do we press the start button to turn off the computer?

23. September 8th 2014
Warm Up: Why do plant cells have chloroplasts and animal cells do not? Be sure to explain your answer.

24. September 8th 2014 Thought to ponder:
If you dug a hole through the center of the earth, and jumped in, would you stay at the center because of gravity?

25. September 9th 2014
Warm Up: Write a simile statement relating a solar panel on a house to a chloroplast.
Just as the solar panel captures energy from the sun to power a house, the chloroplast captures energy from the sun to power the cell.

26. If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?
September 10th 2014
Thought to ponder:
If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?

27. Chloroplast
Just as the solar panel captures energy from the sun to power a house, the chloroplast captures energy from the sun to power the cell.

28. If the front of your car says 'DODGE', do you really need a horn?
September 12th 2014
Thought to ponder:
If the front of your car says 'DODGE', do you really need a horn?

29. September 12th 2014
Warm Up: What are the 4 needs of ALL living things. How do needs and characteristics of life fit together?

30. September 15th 2014
Thought to ponder:
If Quick Trip is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?

31. September 15th 2014
Warm Up: Explain why a “Place to Live” is so important for an organisms survival. Be sure to think about both plants and animals.
Standard: Characteristics of life
I Can: Explain how the parts of the cell allow it to live.

32. September 16th 2014
Thought to ponder:
Is it wrong for a vegetarian to eat animal crackers?

33. September 16th 2014
Warm Up: Think of some traits you have from your parents. Write what trait and who you “think” it came from.
Standard: Characteristics of life
I Can: Name and Explain the 6 characteristics of life

34. September 17th 2014
Thought to ponder:
I don’t understand how people get eaten by sharks….I mean, how don’t you hear the music?

35. September 17th 2014
Warm Up: Explain the difference between how a plant and an animal both receives and processes energy.
Standard: Characteristics of life
I Can: Name and Explain the 6 characteristics of life

36. September 18th 2014
Thought to ponder:

37. September 18th 2014
Warm Up: Why would it be advantageous for an organism to reproduce asexually? Be sure to explain your answer..
Standard: Characteristics of life
I Can: Name and Explain the 6 characteristics of life

38. September 19th 2014
Thought to ponder:
What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?

39. September 19th 2014
Warm Up: Draw an animal cell. Label and explain as many parts as you can.
*Extended: What cellular organelles do plant cells have that animal cells do not?
Standard: Characteristics of life
I Can: Name and Explain the 6 characteristics of life

40. September 22nd
Thought to ponder:
My fake plants died because I forgot to water them….

41. September 23rd 2014
Warm Up: After writing the characteristics of life, explain what characteristic is being represented below…Be sure to explain why..
Standard: Characteristics of life
I Can: Name and Explain the 6 characteristics of life

42. September 23rd 2014
Thought to ponder:

43. September 23rd 2014
Warm Up: Describe the function of the following organelles: Nucleus, Ribosome, E.R., Mitochondria, Golgi, Cell Membrane, Cell Wall.
Standard: Characteristics of life
I Can: Name and Explain the 6 characteristics of life

44. September 24th 2014
Thought to ponder:

45. September 24th 2014
Warm Up: What did you do to study for CFA? Do you think how you studied helped you better understand the material?
Standard: Characteristics of life
I Can: Name and Explain the 6 characteristics of life