Unit 1: Intro to Biology

Daily Learning Objectives: 

Day 1 (9/2): Introduction to Biology

• Student Survey 

  • Block 3 (Due Wednesday 9/3)

  • Block 4 (Due Wednesday 9/3)

• Polar Bears  Hunt in Pairs (not required to make up if absent)
  
  

Day 2 (9/3): What is life? 

EQ: What is life? 

I can: compare and contrast non-living and living things

• Safety Contract

  • Student and Parent signature required! (Due Friday 9/5)

• Observation vs Inference Notes 

• Living vs Nonliving lab 

  • Virtual lab images (use if absent)

• Syllabus 

  • Syllabus Signature - Block 3 (Due Friday 9/5)

  • Syllabus Signature - Block 4 (Due Friday 9/5)

Day 3 (9/4):What is life? 

EQ: What is life? 

I can: compare and contrast non-living and living things 

I can: identify levels of organization in biology 

• Block 4 Student Survey

• Characteristics of Life notes & video (linked in the slides)

• Levels of Biological Organization  chart 

  • Use the notes in the slides & the video to put together the chart
    
    

Day 4 (9/5): What is life? 

• Levels of Organization Video 

• Levels past the Organism: Modeling Practice 

• Review Modeling Rubric