Marvelous Monday!! •Do NOW: Prompt: IN NO LESS THAN 5 SENTENCES: EXPLAIN TO AN 8 TH GRADER IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT IS LIFE. o What are the characteristics of life? o What makes something alive?? • Little Known Fact o Right Now EVERYONE HAS AN A
Feb 14, 2016
Marvelous Monday!!• Do NOW:
Prompt: IN NO LESS THAN 5 SENTENCES:
EXPLAIN TO AN 8TH GRADER IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT IS LIFE.
o What are the characteristics of life?o What makes something alive??
• Little Known FactoRight Now EVERYONE HAS AN A
Congratulations on Completing Science
Fair• These Skills:
o Science Lab Writingo Inquiryo Lab Procedureso Original Questionso Observationso Research
• Will allow us to dig DEEPER into the SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS
• We’ve Got So much to Do:• Let’s GO!
Changes in the Room?:• Changes in the room:
o Leading up to something special • Hint Hint: Keep focused this week!!
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This Week At A Glance• Monday: What is life?• Tuesday: Penguins• Wednesday: Homeostasis• Thursday: Award Ceremony: Shorted classes• Friday: QUIZ
What characteristics do living creatures
have in common?
2007-2008
Properties of Life
List of Properties of Life?
• What do you think??• Participation points, remember we want to keep
our A’s!
How Do you Know its Alive?
• Nonliving things – oDon’t actively obtain or use energy o In its current state, never livingoExample: Silk Flowers
• Dead – oDon’t actively obtain or use energyo In it’s current state, was once livingoExample: Dried Flower Petals
Characteristics of the Living
• All living things are called organisms• Organisms share these characteristics:
o Organizationo Reproductiono Developmento Homeostasiso Adaptation
carbohydrates proteins
Living creatures are ORGANIZED
• All made of the same collection of chemicals, but we are organized as…o molecules
• proteins, fats, carbohydrates, nucleic acids
DNA
Living creatures are ORGANIZED
• All made of the same collection of chemicals, but we are organized as…o organelles & cells
• plant cells & animal cells
animal cell
plant cell
Living creatures are ORGANIZED
• All made of the same collection of chemicals, but we are organized as…o organs & organ systems
• respiratory, circulatory, digestive, etc.
Living creatures REPRODUCE
• Make the next generation
Living creatures GROW & DEVELOP
• Change over an individual’s life timeo get biggero mature
• so they can reproduce
Living creatures RESPOND
• Respond to internal changes o Homeostasis
• maintaining balanced conditions inside the body• Respond to external changes
Living creatures ADAPT
• Inherited structures or behavior• Allows organisms to respond to changes in
the environment and surviveExample:Tarsier: Primate • Large eyes allows it to see well in
the dark• Long fingers allows it to hold on
well to tree branches
Living creatures also use ENERGY
• Metabolismo all the reactions your body performs to make & use
energy• eating & digestion & elimination of waste• synthesis = building• cellular respiration = making energy
mitochondria
Identify the characteristic of life for
each example.1.Rabbit running from a
fox2.Cat nursing a kitten3.Green feathers on a
parrot4.Bear hibernating5.Tree grows fruit
Exit Ticket• Finish the Living Things
Anticipation Guide. • Fill in the Right side and put it
in your classes drawer on the way out of class.