CP BIOLOGYSept. 15-19, 2014week 3 sem 1 Amatuzzi

Lesson 1

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Objectives & Activities
Challenge Qu Homework / Chapter 1 Life Processes
How do living things stay alive?
Students will review life processes and location in plants and animals
-Respiration, synthesis, nutrition, transport, excretion
-Describe process of regulation; compare nervous and endocrine response
-Video: nervous and endocrine
How does the process of regulation maintain homeostasis?
Review vocabulary puzzle; review questions worksheet
Lesson 2
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Homework / Chapter 1 Review: Life traits and life processes
How do living things stay alive?
Students will review for chapter test:
-Traits of life, nutrient cycling, types of cells, adaptations
-Describe life processes: function, location in plants and animals
-Respiration, nutrition, transport, excretion, synthesis, reproduction,
-Regulation – endocrine and nervous
Explain how the web of interactions gives an ecosystem its stability
Review text Chapter 1 life traits and core concepts for test
Lesson 3
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Homework / Lab 1: Gummy Bear Inquiry Lab
How do I design and conduct an experiment to answer my own question?
Students will design a controlled experiment to determine how environmental changes affect a physical property of gummy bears, then write a standard lab report
-Choose a property to investigate, decide how
-assemble materials needed, collect and analyze data, report findings
-use previous experience in laboratory work
-problem-solving and collaboration
What are procedures and accepted criteria for a controlled experiment?
Finish lab write-up
Lesson 4
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Homework / TEST Chapter 1 Characteristics of Life and Life Processes
What are traits and life functions shared by all living things?
Students will score at least 60% on objective and free-response test
-Characteristics of life: types of cells, genetic code, energy needs, food web, cycling in nature, organization, reproduction, development, evolution, form and function
-Life functions: respiration, transport, excretion, regulation, synthesis
How does evolution explain both the unity and diversity of life

CPChapter 1-3 Sep 15 2014