1. directions Take out your stamp sheet. Make sure your name is on it.
Pick an assignment (vocab/1-1 notes/1-2 notes). Put it BEHIND your stamp sheet and drop it off at the very back lab bench on YOUR SIDE.
The teacher will grade & stamp your homework and will tell you when to pick it up.
Do your DNA.
Set up your notes.

2. Levels of Organization Project
Create 8 boxes on your white sheet of paper.
Title the boxes (according to the order of the Levels of Organization) with the following terms: Atom, Element, Molecule, Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ System, & Organism.
In complete sentences, provide a description of each Level of Organization.
Draw a picture for each Level of Organization.
Color your pictures.
Number (or draw arrows) to show how your boxes are organized from “simple” to “complex”.
Use all the space that is provided per box. Big open white spaces will be grades as “incomplete”.

3. Do now activity #3 List all the Levels of Organization in order.
Of all the Levels of Organization, which are not alive?
What is the smallest unit of life?
What is the difference between cells & tissues?
What is the difference between cells & atoms?
What is the difference between atom & molecule?
What is the difference between controls & variables?
Why must a human have all 7 Levels of Organization?

4. Do now activity #3 What is the difference between control & variable?
What are the 5 steps of the Scientific Method?
What is an element?
What is a molecule?
What is homeostasis?
What are the levels of organization?
What is the difference between theory & hypothesis?
What is the difference between results & conclusion?

5. Section 1-3 8 characteristics of living things
Unit 1—Molecular Biology Essential Question Why is a human living, but a cell phone is not?
Section characteristics of living things
Learning Targets:
Differentiate between living and non-living beings.
Identify signs of life within a living and non-living things.

6. This is a pencil!

7. announcements Section 1 Test Scheduled for Tuesday: 8/28/18
Stamp Sheet due Monday 8/27/18
Class website is updated with all necessary class files
Class Syllabus is LATE: drop into gray “Late Work” basket
Critical Reading is LATE: drop into gray “Late Work” basket

8. Don’t forget to chunk your notes!

9. Biology
Bio- means life in Latin
-ology is the study of

10. biology Biology means: _____ ________ of _____ . study The life
The study of life
study
Biology means: _____ ________ of _____ .
The
life

11. biology
Biology can study anything that deals with a living thing (organism)
Many biologist specialize in just one area of biology
Example:
Zoologists study animals
Botanists study plants
Ecologists study the environment

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14. biology
Scientists follow 3 steps:
1. Observe

15. biology
Scientists follow 3 steps:
1. Observe
2. Test a hypothesis

16. biology Scientists follow 3 steps: 1. Observe 2. Test a hypothesis
3. Make an inference

17. Don’t forget to chunk your notes!

18. Characteristics of life
There are certain criteria that must be met for something to be considered living.

19. Characteristics of life
Living things share 8 characteristics.

20. Characteristics of life
They MUST have all 8 to be considered living.

21. Don’t forget to chunk your notes!

22. Characteristics of life
1. Cells: The basic unit of all life.

23. Characteristics of life
Prokaryotes/eukaryotes
There are 2 types: ____ (no nucleus) & _____ (nucleus)
prokaryotes

24. Characteristics of life
Prokaryotes/eukaryotes
There are 2 types: ____ (no nucleus) & _____ (nucleus)
prokaryotes
eukaryotes

25. Characteristics of life
2. Genetic Code: An instructional blueprint.

26. Characteristics of life
DNA/RNA
There are 2 examples: ____ (database) & ____ (protein)
DNA

27. Characteristics of life
DNA/RNA
There are 2 examples: ____ (database) & ____ (protein)
DNA
RNA

28. Characteristics of life
3. Reproduction: Passing on genetic material.

29. Characteristics of life
Asexual/sexual
There are 2 types: ____ (no exchange) & _____ (exchange)
asexual

30. Characteristics of life
Asexual/sexual
There are 2 types: ____ (no exchange) & _____ (exchange)
asexual
sexual

31. Characteristics of life
energy
4. “Eat”: Obtains and uses _____.
energy

32. Characteristics of life
5. Homeostasis: Maintains an internal balance.
H2O Content

33. Characteristics of life
5. Homeostasis: Maintains an internal balance.
Temperature

34. Characteristics of life
5. Homeostasis: Maintains an internal balance.
Food Intake

35. Characteristics of life
changes
6. Evolve: _______ over time.
changes

36. Characteristics of life
Birth/death
7. Grow: Develops between ____ and ____.
birth
death

37. Characteristics of life
8. Responds to the environment

38. Don’t forget to chunk your notes!

39. All living things have one or more ____ .
cells
cells
All living things have one or more ____ .
cells

40. A single cell meets all _#?_ requirements of living things.
cells 8
A single cell meets all _#?_ requirements of living things.

41. A single cell meets all _8_ requirements of living things.
cells 8
A single cell meets all _8_ requirements of living things.

42. cells
Multicellular organisms (plants and animals) have specialized cells.
Cells that perform different jobs
Humans: at least 85 different cell types

43. Essential Question Diagram
Fold your white piece of paper in half (hamburger style).
Label one side “human”.
Label the other side “cell phone”.
Draw an appropriate picture for each labeled side.
Color your pictures.
On the “cell phone” side list all the reasons why it can be considered a living thing. Then, list all the reasons that make it considered a non-living thing.
On the “human” side list all the reasons why it can be considered a living thing. Then, list all the reasons that make it considered a non-living thing.