Reproduction
Standards: Animals engage in characteristic behaviors that increase the odds of reproduction (MS_LSI-4)
Plants reproduce in a variety of ways, sometimes depending on animal behavior and specialized features for reproduction. (MS-LS1-4)
Genetic factors, as well as local conditions, affect the growth of the adult plant. (MS-LS1-5)
Organisms reproduce, either sexually or asexually, and transfer their genetic information to their offspring. (secondary to MS-LS3-2)
Vocabulary: clutch, altricial, precocial, natural selection, adaptations, competition, predator, prey, symbiosis, commensalism, parasitism, host, mutualism.
1. Use the PowerPoint to list the stages of the breeding cycle for birds, then explain the two different types of hatching.
2. Watch the Edpuzzle movie and answer the questions.
3. What is Reproductive Behavior?
4. Watch the Edpuzzle movie and answer the questions.
5. AI Created Lesson - Put the answers in the Google Doc
6. Quiz: Reproductive Behavior
7. What are the characteristics of living things?
8. Watch the Edpuzzle movie and answer the questions.
9. Interactive: Snurfle Island
10. What effect does the environment have on living things? What do scientists call it when an animal or plant changes in order to thrive in an environment?
11. Watch the movie and answer the following questions.
a. Any living organism needs what, in order to live and grow?
b. What is the biotic factor?
c. What is an abiotic factor?
d. What is a population?
12. Lesson: Should you clone your dog?
a. What might be the benefit of making a genetic copy of an organism? What might be a downside?
b. Who was the first person to clone a mammal?
c. Will a cloned pet look and behave the same as the original dog?
13. Test: Living Things and Environment
14. How do plants reproduce?
Game: Plant reproduction and respiration
15. Open the Slide Presentation and answer the following questions.
a. What are the parts of a flower (list 4)
b. What is the difference between the stamen and the pistil?
c. What is fertilization?
d. How do birds and animals help seed dispersal?
16. Interactive: Plant Reproduction
a. What is the difference between vascular and nonvascular plants?
b. What are whorls?
c. What are coralla?
17. SlideShow: Plant Reproduction
a. What are the parts of a seed?
b. We can classify seeds according to what?
c. Explain pollination.
18. What is the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction? What are some advantages and disadvantages to both?
19. Watch the movie and answer the following questions.
a. What are the methods of asexual reproduction?
b. What is budding?
c. What is the process of regeneration?
21. Interactive: Sexual Vs. Asexual Reproduction
22. Adventure Quest Backpack: Using Google Draw, create your own unique plant. Show how your plant has adapted to its environment, how it increases its odds of reproduction, and give your plant some specialized features to help its survival in its environment. Make sure you explain what environment your plant lives in and label the parts of your plant.
Extras
FlashCards: Living Things and Environment