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Date: April 21, 2014 ET
Curriculum: Jan Benton
Teacher / Team Name:
Benton
Unit 5 - Life Science: Diversity of Life
Key Learning:
Living organisms consist of highly organized systems that interact.
Topic:
Life Science: Diversity of Life
Days: 25
Subject(s): Science
Grade(s): 7th
Unit Essential Question(s):
Concept:
What traits define what it means to be living?
Concept:
Concept:
Cell Processes
Cell Reproduction
Lesson Essential Question(s):
What processes must a cell undergo to
insure survival of the cell, and often the
organism? Why must reproduction occur? (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):
What do sexual reproduction and meiosis
ensure? (A)
Vocabulary:
cell; cell theory; tissue; organ organ system;
organism; homeostasis; classification system;
Vocabulary:
cellular transport; mitosis
Vocabulary:
chromosome; asexual reproduction; sexual
reproduction; meiosis; genes; DNA; traits;
heredity; inherited trait; acquired trait;
dominant; recessive; mutation; selective
breeding
Concept:
Concept:
Concept:
Life's Structure and Classification
Lesson Essential Question(s):
How are all living things similar and what
processes must a cell undergo to insure the
survival of the cell, and often, the organism?
What cell structures are common to all cells and
what are their roles? (A)
What cell structures are common to all cells?
What are their roles? (A)
Adaptations
Lesson Essential Question(s):
Lesson Essential Question(s):
What does the theory of evolution suggest? (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):
Vocabulary:
natural selection; adaptation; evolution
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
Additional Information:
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Curriculum: Jan Benton
Learning-Focused Toolbox
Date: April 21, 2014 ET
Teacher / Team Name:
Benton
Unit 5 - Life Science: Diversity of Life
Concept: Life's Structure and Classification
Vocab Report for Topic: Life Science: Diversity of Life
cell; cell theory; tissue; organ organ system; organism; homeostasis; classification system; Subject(s): Science
Days: 25
Grade(s): 7th
Concept: Cell Processes
cellular transport; mitosis -
Concept: Cell Reproduction
chromosome; asexual reproduction; sexual reproduction; meiosis; genes; DNA; traits; heredity; inherited
trait; acquired trait; dominant; recessive; mutation; selective breeding -
Concept: Adaptations
natural selection; adaptation; evolution -
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