7th Grade Science Guide
7.3: Structures & Function of Life 3 Dimensions & Progressions
Unit 4
CSD Storyline Phenomena: Microscope Observations
Objective
Overview
Materials
● Students look at living and nonliving things under a
● Microscopes ● Paper to draw observations of each object. ● Venn Diagram - students should look for similarities and differences between items under the microscope.
● I can make observations about items under a microscope
microscope. Use prepared slides of animal (Cheek cells) or plant cells (onion cells), and prepared slides of non-living things (salt, tip of a pencil, etc.)
Activity: Living vs. Nonliving
Objective
Overview
Materials
● I can sort items into living and nonliving things.
● Students observe living and nonliving things. Students sort given objects/organisms through observations of similarities and differences in structures.
● Lesson Plan
Activity: Characteristics of Living Things
Objective
Overview
Materials
● I can explain the needs of living things.
● Students will identify the needs of living things and why they have those needs.
● Lesson Plan
Activity: How Small Can Living Things Be?
Objective
Overview
Materials
● I can explain that organisms can be single celled or multicellular.
● Purpose is to investigate the structure of different
● Lesson Plan
living organisms and recognize that living things can be single celled or multicellular.
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