Watch the video Characteristics of Life.
Answer the following Questions on a Google Doc. Submit to SLATE.
Read the section "Characteristics of Life" to learn the characteristics that all living things have in common.
Complete the linked Review Questions and submit on SLATE.
Read the notes "Basics of Biology" to help you complete the Lab.
Complete the Lab "Is it Living or Nonliving?" Submit to SLATE.
Review the slide show below, "Levels of Organization" and take notes using the Cornell Note Sheet. Submit to SLATE.
Using both the reading Basics of Biology and the slide show, complete the following Lab: Levels of Organization.
Submit both your notes and the lab to SLATE.
Levels of Organization Slideshow
Make sure you have completed Stepping Stones 1, 2, & 3 before proceeding.
Complete the quiz Organization of Living Things.
Submit to SLATE.
Watch the video on Microorganisms.
Read the article Ancient Microbes Ate Each Other's Corpses to Survive.
Use this Template to write down 5 facts from the video and 5 from the article that you learned about microorganisms.
Submit to SLATE.
Read the passage Interdependence of Living Things and watch the video in the passage.
Use the Cornell Note Sheet to take notes as you read and watch.
Complete the Practice at the end of the reading. There will be a green button that says, "Practice". Take a screenshot of your score and paste it to a Google Doc. Submit to SLATE. An 80% or higher is required.
Complete the table Interdependence and submit to SLATE.
Read the passage Organization of Living Things and use the Cornell Note Sheet to take notes on the reading and video.
Complete the 5 Review Questions.
Submit both the Notes and Review Questions to SLATE.
Watch the video and use the Cornell Note Sheet to state the differences between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells.
Submit to SLATE.
Note the similarities and differences in each cell type.
Which one are we?
Part 1
Read about Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic cells.
Complete the Review Questions and submit to SLATE.
Stepping Stone #10
Part 2
Open the Virtual Microscope Guide
Fill out the Lab Sheet as you interact with the Virtual Microscope.
Submit the Lab Sheet to SLATE.
Performance Task
What is the purpose of your project?
What do you want others to learn from your project or presentation?
How can you apply or use the information and skills you have learned in your life?
Directions
Choose an experiment from the bank of experiments below or you may choose your own.
Perform the experiment, collect the data, and submit a Technical Write using the Rubric as a template. Submit to SLATE.
(You may also choose your own.)
Test whether caffeine has an effect on heart rate using the freshwater crustacean, Daphnia magna as an experimental model.
Determine if using mnemonics improves peoples' ability to remember a list of words.
Tightwad vs. Spendthrift: Determine how people manage their money using analysis of survey data that you collect.
Biome Project (With Permission Only)
Research the different biomes and organisms that live within each area. The linked template is the minimum requirement. You may add more slides per biome to increase your ratings. A Works Cited page is required.
Double check SLATE to be sure you have completed all of the Stepping Stones, Skills, the Performance Task and any other assignments. Turn your notebook in for the Notebook Check. Once all of the requirements are met, Congratulations, you have completed Biology A!