Unit 2: Life Processes in Living Things
Topic
Skill
EBA Activity
Claims
Autotrophs and Heterotrophs
Making a Basic Argument
Claim- Warrant Game: See Page ___
Students will create their own claims about autotrophs and
heterotrophs. Example claims may be:
It would be easier for Autotrophs to survive in the environment
________________________.
Living as a heterotroph is more ______________ for an organism than
living as an autotroph.
Procedure
Timing/ Pacing
Notes
Follow Up Activity
Text
[5 minutes] DO NOW: Write one thing you know about
nutrition.
[5 minutes] Discussion of do now.
[25 minutes] Lesson: At the beginning of this period, the class
took notes and discussed the differences between autotrophs and
heterotrophs. They also learned about photosynthesis, the
structure of leaves, and adaptations for heterotrophic nutrition.
[10 minutes] Claim- Warrant Game. As a follow up, mix up
the papers and have students read each other’s writing.
[10 minutes] Closing/ Summary and discussion of homework.
 This is first lesson of the unit. Before this activity has
taken place, students would have learned about
autotrophs, heterotrophs, photosynthesis, the structure of
leaves, and adaptations for heterotrophic nutrition.
 It would take no longer than 10 minutes and be a review
of what was taught that day.
 This activity would take place at the end of the lesson.
After this lesson, students would learn about transport in
cells.
This is a standard Claim-Warrant Game Activity.
This activity could be followed by Mini Paragraph Writing
Activity to add a writing component.
Standard Biology Text
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Name:_____________________________________ Class:___________________ Date:______________
Claim –Warrant Game
1. Background InformationWhat is the definition of Auto if it is used in the words AUTOMOBILE and AUTOMATIC
If Troph means energy source, what must Autotroph mean?
If Heterotroph means the opposite of Autotroph, what must it mean?
2. Please sit in a circle. Write down a claim in the left-hand column and then pass this sheet to your
left, where the person next to you will supply a warrant explaining why that claim might be true.
Topic for claims:
It would be easier for Autotrophs to survive in the environment ________________________.
Living as a heterotroph is more ______________ for an organism than living as an autotroph.
Claim
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Warrant