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Decision One: 7th gr Life
Science Curriculum Map
Topic: Simple Organisms
Key Learning(s):
Simple organisms have an impact on
other organisms in the environment.
Grade: 7
Unit Essential Question(s):
Optional
Instructional Tools:
How do simple organisms interact with
the environment?
Concept:
Protists/Bacteria/Fungi/Viruses
Lesson Essential Questions:
How do simple organisms and viruses
compare and contrast?
What are the causes and effects of
simple organisms and viruses in society
today?
Vocabulary:
Virus: host, parasite, active virus, hidden
virus, bacteriophage, nanometer, vaccine
Other Information:
Vocabulary:
Bacteria: bacteria, endospore,
flagellum, fission, nitrogenfixing bacteria, toxin, pathogen,
decomposer, archaebacteria,
eubacteria, pasteurization,
conjugation, antibiotic, botulism
Vocabulary:
Protists: cilia, pseudopod,
algae, protozoa, contractile
vacuole, animal-like, fungus-like,
plant-like, food vacuole,
symbiosis, mutualism, autotroph,
heterotrop
Vocabulary:
Fungi: spore, hyphae, club fungi,
sac fungi, zygote fungi, imperfect
fungi, lichen, sporangium, ascus,
basidium, saprophyte