Unit 1: A Look at Life
This unit introduces the fundamentals of biology by exploring the core traits that define living organisms and how they adapt to survive.
Key Topics Covered:
- The Seven Characteristics of Life: Students will examine the vital processes shared by all living things: movement, growth, excretion, nutrition, sensitivity, respiration, and reproduction.
- Comparing Organisms: The unit helps students recognize these shared life processes across diverse species, comparing humans, plants, and animals.
- Life Cycles: Through observational activities, students will investigate the continuous development and adaptation of various creatures, such as the metamorphosis of a butterfly and the hatching of a chicken.
Curriculum
- 2 Sections
- 10 Lessons
- 6 Weeks
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- 1.1: Characteristics of living things8
- 1.1Lesson 1.1.1: Identifying living organisms and comparing them to non-living things
- 1.2Lesson 1.1.2: Movement in plants and animals
- 1.3Lesson 1.1.3: Tracking growth and development over time
- 1.4Lesson 1.1.4: Nutrition and differences between how plants and animals obtain food
- 1.5Lesson 1.1.5: Sensitivity and reacting to environmental changes
- 1.6Lesson 1.1.6: Respiration processes and energy release
- 1.7Lesson 1.1.7: Excretion and the removal of waste products
- 1.8Lesson 1.1.8: Reproduction in plants and animals
- 1.2: Life Cycles2
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