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Characteristics of Life Brainstorm
CP Biology
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PART 1 – Sewer Mites Observation: Answer the questions below after observing the behavior of sewer mites.
1. What behaviors suggest that the sewer mites are living organisms?
2. Do you think they are living or not? Why?
PART 2 – Frankenstein Video Clip: Answer the questions below after watching the famous movie clip.
1. What behaviors suggest that Dr. Frankenstein’s monster is a living organism?
2. Do you think it is living or not? Why?
PART 3 – Individual Brainstorm: List 20 common features of all living organisms
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14.
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PART 4 – Group Brainstorm: Choose the 5 features your group agrees are the most common in all living organisms
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PART 5 – Class List: Record the 5 features from each group in class (even if they are repeated from another group)
Group
Feature 1
Feature 2
Feature 3
Feature 4
Feature 5
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PART 6 – Final Cut: From the table above, select 3 features you think are most common among all living organisms
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PART 7 – Online Submission: Submit only 1 of the features from the table above to the “Wordle Homework” form on the website
(INTRODUCTION>Characteristics of Life investigation>Wordle Homework)
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The feature I will submit is ______________________________________________________________________________________________________