Alternate assessment - if you prefer to create a product, rather than take a quiz...
I can create a Google Site, We Video, or other creative product to demonstrate how the characteristics of life can be documented scientifically.
Title your product, "Your last name, first name: Characteristics of living things."
Title your product, "Your last name, first name: Characteristics of living things."
Follow the directions below to complete your product.
Follow the directions below to complete your product.
When finished, check the goal above to make sure that you have mastered it, then sign up for a conference with Mrs. Baker to review your product for feedback.
When finished, check the goal above to make sure that you have mastered it, then sign up for a conference with Mrs. Baker to review your product for feedback.
Documenting characteristics of life
Documenting characteristics of life
Add the following title to your document (We Video, webpage, etc.), "Documenting characteristics of life."
Add the following title to your document (We Video, webpage, etc.), "Documenting characteristics of life."
Objective: The purpose of this activity is to identify a characteristic of life that you cannot directly observe from a specimen in the lab.
Objective: The purpose of this activity is to identify a characteristic of life that you cannot directly observe from a specimen in the lab.
Choose one specimen from the lab and make an observation that you can tie to a characteristic of life. Explain how your observation is related to a characteristic that you did not directly observe. Explain what you did observe and how you know that the observation is related to that characteristic. Make the connection obvious. You cannot have the same examples as anyone else. Format your information like I did below. Repeat for a second example.
Choose one specimen from the lab and make an observation that you can tie to a characteristic of life. Explain how your observation is related to a characteristic that you did not directly observe. Explain what you did observe and how you know that the observation is related to that characteristic. Make the connection obvious. You cannot have the same examples as anyone else. Format your information like I did below. Repeat for a second example.
Example:
Example:
Observation I made: the snake moved
Observation I made: the snake moved
Characteristic it is related to: energy
Characteristic it is related to: energy
Explanation: I saw the snake move and I have previous knowledge that movement requires energy, therefore I can infer that the snake used energy to move.
Explanation: I saw the snake move and I have previous knowledge that movement requires energy, therefore I can infer that the snake used energy to move.
Be sure you include two examples. I only gave one so that I wouldn't take all of the good ones!
Be sure you include two examples. I only gave one so that I wouldn't take all of the good ones!
You can't kill a virus!
You can't kill a virus!
Add a text box to your document. Title it, "You can't kill a virus."
Add a text box to your document. Title it, "You can't kill a virus."
I recommend that you DO NOT research this on the internet. Use my webpage on viruses and think logically. There are too many conflicting sources on the internet.
I recommend that you DO NOT research this on the internet. Use my webpage on viruses and think logically. There are too many conflicting sources on the internet.
No matter how much medical sciences are advanced, we will NEVER be able to kill a virus. Never ever! Tell me why we can never KILL a single virus on the face of the earth and give supporting evidence.
No matter how much medical sciences are advanced, we will NEVER be able to kill a virus. Never ever! Tell me why we can never KILL a single virus on the face of the earth and give supporting evidence.
5 Subcategories
5 Subcategories
Add a section to your document. Title it, "5 Subcategories."
Add a section to your document. Title it, "5 Subcategories."
Take 5 pictures of specimens that were not in the lab. You may not use the same pictures as anyone else. One should be of something alive, one of something dead, one showing a product of a living thing, one showing something dormant, and one showing a nonliving object. You must take the pictures yourself and include something in all pictures so I know that it was not downloaded, such as your shoe or a watch.
Take 5 pictures of specimens that were not in the lab. You may not use the same pictures as anyone else. One should be of something alive, one of something dead, one showing a product of a living thing, one showing something dormant, and one showing a nonliving object. You must take the pictures yourself and include something in all pictures so I know that it was not downloaded, such as your shoe or a watch.
For the captions, tell which category the object falls into and give proof. (Refer to the "subcategories" page on my website for descriptions of each subcategory.)
For the captions, tell which category the object falls into and give proof. (Refer to the "subcategories" page on my website for descriptions of each subcategory.)
Reflection
Reflection
Add a text box to your document. Title it, "Reflection."
Add a text box to your document. Title it, "Reflection."
Imagine you are a scientist and discover something new. You don't know whether or not it is alive. You have to make the decision and justify it to your fellow scientists. Why is this likely to be a difficult process? Consider each of the eight characteristics of life.
Imagine you are a scientist and discover something new. You don't know whether or not it is alive. You have to make the decision and justify it to your fellow scientists. Why is this likely to be a difficult process? Consider each of the eight characteristics of life.