YKSD Biology Chapter 2 Lesson 1 Living and Nonliving Things

Chapter 2 Lesson 1 Living and Nonliving Things

Materials:

Student resource file "Five Kingdoms of living things" (students do not need copy)
Lab Manual Page, "Living or Nonliving" (students need copy)
Classifying Information, (students need copy)
A small bag of sugar or salt.

Objective:

Students will classify things as living or nonliving.
Students will explain how living things are different from nonliving things.
Student will learn that objects have more than just physical properties.

Alaska Standards:

SCI C-7 Students will understand that major scientific breakthroughs may link large amouns of knowledge, build upon the contributions of many scientists, and cross different lines of study.

Anticipatory Set:

The teacher will define the word property. (A quality that describes an object) The teacher will show a wolf skull, students will discuss the properites of the skull. The teacher will show a book, students will discuss the properties of the book. The teacher will show a toad, students will discuss the properties of the toad. The teacher will use a bag of sugar and one of salt to teach the students the difference between physical properties and other properties an object may have.

Teacher Input: The teacher will point out that nonliving matter may have cells if that matter was once alive. Students will talk about the terms of science study. (Biology = Bio "life" + "ology" the study of.

Students will complete the following table with some things left off:

Anatomy	The study of the physical structure of humans and other animals
Botany	The study of the structure and function of plants
Cytology	The study of the structure and function of cells.
Ecology	The study of the relationships amoung organisms and their environments.
Genetics	The study of heredity
Immunology	The study of the body's defenses against disease and foreign substances.
Microbiology	The study of microscopic organisms
Molecular biology	The study of the chemical processes within cells.
Physiology	The study of the movement and functions of organs and organ systems.
Taxonomy	The study of scientific classification of organisms.
Zoology	The study of the structure and function of animals.
Ornithology	The study of birds.

The students will be given descriptions of several people working in one of the above areas of biology and then identify the field of biology to which that person works.

Teacher Modeling:

Students will relist the properties of a living thing. Students will then recall that some nonliving things possess properties of living things however they do not possess them all. Students will then complete "Classifying Information".

Guided Practice:

Students will work with the insturctor and the five kingdoms of living things worksheet and list 5 organisms that come under each kindom. (May have to research) The red box on P27 will give some insight to those students having trouble with monera.

Closure:

Students will take a quiz over lesson 2-1, "Living and Nonliving Things"

Independent Practice:

Students will receive some old magazines or newspapers. Students will follow the directions to Investigation 2 to identify objects as living or nonliving. Complete lab worksheet and quiz on-line

Duration:

30 minutes + 10-15 for Independent Practice (Could be longer if taken for homework).