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Guiding Standards and anticipated activities

//Class One: Biotic, Abiotic, Dead//

 * video Science Court: Living Things**

Class Two: Observations, Inferences, Testing a prediction
videos of germination in motion: [] []

Games to review observation and inferences: []

Class Three: Microscope Slides
overview of a light microscope

how to use the microscope



You will use prepared slides and then prepare your own. Make sure you complete the inclass tutorial before you begin making your own slides!

Class Four: how things get into and out of cells (cell membrane / osmosis) Plasma Membrane Osmosis vs Diffusion Reading 2-6 "How do materials move in and out of cells?"

Reading 2-3 to 2-4 and complete the accompanying worksheets.

View the clips on cytology and cell organelles at [] create your own imaginary cell Cell song

2-5 comparing plant and animal cells reading []

create a plant cell slide, diagram it and label what you can see create an animal cell slide; dye it and diagram it, label what you can see compare plant and animal cells

Class six: How cells get energy (photosynthesis / cellular respiration) chloroplasts close up

Class seven: germination and imbibed seeds

Class eight: food chains, food webs, energy transfer

Class nine: biomes

links:

[] methuselah tree NOVA video clips and photosynthesis interactive []