KUD

Grade:7 Subject/Course: Life Science

Unit#:3 Unit Name: Structure & Function of Cells

Standards/Elementsfor the Unit
(with DOK level identified)
S7L1: Students will investigate the diversity of living organisms and how they can be compared scientifically.
  1. Demonstrate the process for the development of a dichotomous key. (DOK 2)
  2. Classify organisms based on physical characteristics using a dichotomous key of the six kingdom system (archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals). (DOK 2)
S7L2: Students will describe the structure and function of cells, tissue, organs, and organ systems.
a. Explain that cells take in nutrients in order to grow and divide and to make needed materials. (DOK 2)
b. Relate cell structures (cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria) to basic cell functions. (DOK 2)
c. Explain that cells are organized into tissues, tissues into organs, organs into systems, and systems into organisms. (DOK 2)
Know
(facts, formulas, vocabulary)c / Understand
By the end of this unit, I want my students to understand that… / Do
(Skills)
All DOK 1
Six kingdom system:
  • archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals S7L1b
Cells take in nutrients to grow, divide, and make needed materials. S7L2a
Identity of basic cell structures:
  • cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria S7L2b
Cells are organized into tissues, tissues into organs, organs into systems, and systems into organisms. S7L2c / Living organisms are diverse, take in nutrients in order to grow and divide, and are classified scientifically according to their structure and function of cells, tissue, organs, and organ systems. / Explain the process for developing a dichotomous key. DOK 2 S7L1a
Classify organisms using a dichotomouskey. DOK 2 S7L1b
Relate basic cell structures to their basic cell functions. DOK 2 S7L2b
Describe the organizational hierarchy structure of cells. S7L2c DOK 2

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