Warm up:
WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT ADAPTATIONS
Objective:
Students will describe adaptation
The purpose is to know Individual organisms with certain traits are more likely than others to
survive and have offspring in a specific environment
Adaptations- make a book
Draw it and write definition
What is the function of
adaptations?
Structure: Identify the parts:
Identify the parts
Interrelations
hips with
other systems
or parts
Your creature
Background knowledge: The world is changing dramatically. In the next 100 years the
environment will be:
Note: In water and in space you will need to
consider gravity and how that changes your
creature of tomorrow. Think about different
pressure pressing upon your creature and
how this will change the look of your creature,
it’s bones and how its fluids move throughout
your creature.
Purpose: Demonstrate what you know about
the entire unit through the creation of a
creature.
1) You will capture the structure and function of all the unit areas in the graphic organizers provided.
This organized knowledge will provide support when creating your creature.
2) You will chose one of the three provided environments above and reflect carefully on everything
you have been taught. How can you create a creature to survive in the environment? What will they
need from the following unit topics to survive; adaptations, energy, photosynthesis, cellular
respiration, cells, cellular function/structure, organelles, organization of life (from atoms to organs to
systems to life), human body systems, and the interdependent relationship of every area in order to
be alive in your chosen environment? (You are the creator so you can mix and match anything within
the unit to make your superior being.)
3) Create your creature of tomorrow.
4) Write about your creature’s unique structures and functions and why it is able to survive in your
chosen environment.
5) Present your creature to a small group and possibly the entire class.
Exit:
Describe some adaptations that can be harmful to humans and health.
Warm up:
Draw an atom
Objective:
Students will be able to describe an atom, it’s structure, and how it plays a roll in every day life
The purpose is to know photosynthesis and cellular respiration are important processes by
which energy is acquired and utilized by organisms
Atomic structure and photosynthesis
Carbon
Atomic Number: 6
Atomic Weight: 12.0107
Phase at Room Temperature: Solid
Element Classification: Non-metal
Period Number: 2 Group Number: 14 Group Name: no
6
C
Carbon
12.0107
Oxygen
Hydrogen
Water H20
Carbon dioxide
Experiment time
http://www.thescientificmom.com/2013/07/summer-science-and-chemical-reactions.html
An element is something that contains only one type of atom. Carbon contains only carbon
atoms, Iron contains only iron atoms, and so on. These elements are important in that we all
need them to survive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6xXngYnVK8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQsI_c3F23s
Exit:
What did each experiment tell you about atoms?
What is the role of an atom?
Warm up: wednesday
How are plants essential for human health and the health and survival of Earth’s ecosystems?
Objective:
Students will be able to describe photosynthesis
The purpose is to know photosynthesis and cellular respiration are important processes by
which energy is acquired and utilized by organisms
What do you do when you are hungry?
What happens when you eat candy?
What happens when you eat pizza or spaghetti?
Constructive vs destructive forces
Food chain game
Photosythesis
Photosynthesis converts massive amount of Sunlight into electrical and then chemical energy.
The input is carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O), minerals and light, and the output is
carbohydrates (food) that we need for our nourishment, and oxygen that we need to breathe
Demo
We do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo5XndJaz-Y
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/nature-s-smallest-factory-the-calvin-cycle-cathy-symington
Photosynthesis info for walk
Draw the process of photosynthesis
Photosynthesis walk
Gallery walk
Warm up: Thursday
What energy transformations occur in both the processes of photosynthesis and cellular
respiration
Objective
Students will be able to gather, analyze, and interpret data regarding the basic functions of
photosynthesis and cellular respiration
The purpose is to know photosynthesis and cellular respiration are important processes by
which energy is acquired and utilized by organisms
Light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUmT24R8CyA
Energy: Energy can be found in a number of different forms. It can be chemical energy, electrical
energy, heat (thermal energy), light (radiant energy), mechanical energy, and nuclear energy
In physical science, energy means the ability to do work. Work means a change in position,
speed, state, or form of matter. Therefore, energy is the capacity to change matter.
light is energy
Atoms and molecules (which are simply bound collections of
two or more atoms) can absorb light (= energy!).
Flashlight demo
Likewise, infrared light (= heat = energy!) wouldn't do any good
in heating up your home in the winter if it didn't get absorbed
by matter. Higher energy light photons, like X-rays, tend to
want to plow through more matter before they get absorbed.
(Hence, their use in medical imaging: they can pass through
your "soft" tissue, but are more readily absorbed in your
bones, which are denser.) How and why do photons get
absorbed by matter?
The process of photosynthesis involves two
stages of chemical reactions
Light-dependent Reactions
This is the first stage of the photosynthetic process. These reactions take place in the presence
of sunlight, and use light energy from the sun to produce ATP molecules and other molecules
known as NADPH. These molecules are used as the energy source to carry out the reactions in
the next stage of photosynthesis.
Light-independent Reactions (Calvin Cycle)
In this stage, energy-containing sugar molecules are synthesized. The ATP and NADPH produced
in stage I are used to fuel the reactions in this stage. Here, CO2 molecules are broken down and
converted into sugars and other compounds. The Calvin Cycle is repeated twice in order to yield
one molecule of glucose.
Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/photosynthesis-and-cellularrespiration.html
Since the absorbed photon had a specific
energy, this absorption occurs at a specific
wavelength in the spectrum
Leaf
Some organisms, such as plants, can trap the energy in sunlight through photosynthesis) and
store it in the chemical bonds of carbohydrate molecules
The principal carbohydrate formed through photosynthesis is glucose.
Other types of organisms, such as animals, fungi, many protozoa, and a large portion of bacteria,
are unable to perform this process. Therefore, these organisms must rely on the carbohydrates
formed in plants to obtain the energy necessary for their metabolic processes.
Cells take the carbohydrates into their cytoplasm, and through a complex series of metabolic
processes, they break down the carbohydrates and release the energy
In other words:
Photosynthesis:
• Photosynthesis is the process by which the energy of sunlight is converted
into the energy of glucose
Steps in photosynthesis
1- light hits leaf
2- hits chloroplasts
3- water (h2o) is present because of water from roots carry it to viens
4- carbon dioxide enters through stomata (the thing that decides what enters/leaves)
5-chemical reaction with carbon dioxide, water, and chlorophyll
6- oxygen passes through leaf and leaf makes glucose (extra stored)
7- mitochondria- breaks down oxygen and glucose for energy and the carbon dioxide is released
8- in animals mitochondria takes glucose and combines it with oxygen=energy Carbon taken in
blood stream to be exhaled
Photosynthesis- make a book
Draw it and write definition
What is the function of
photosythesis?
Structure: Identify the parts:
Identify the parts
Interrelations
hips with
other systems
or parts
Photosynthesis game
Write five facts about photosynthesis
Write five words for photosythesis
Play matching game
Cellular respiration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJweMnllEsI
Group discussion: What is so important about photosynthesis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P27djgzRL8c
Exit
Make a Venn diagram on photosynthesis and cellular respiration
Warm up:
Describe everything you know about cellular respiration.
Objective:
Use direct and indirect evidence to describe the relationship between photosynthesis and
cellular respiration within plants – and between plants and animals
Photosynthesis:
• Photosynthesis is the process by which the energy of sunlight is converted
into the energy of glucose
What is photosynthesis?
What are the important parts?
What is the chemical formula of photosynthesis?
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Autotrophic Process: Plants and plant-like organisms make their energy
(glucose) from sunlight.
Stored as carbohydrate in their bodies.
6CO2 + 6H2O + sunlight  C6H12O6 + 6O2
Photo-synthesis
means "putting together with light."
Plants use sunlight to turn water and carbon
dioxide into glucose. Glucose is a kind of sugar.
Plants use glucose as food for energy and as a
building block for growing.
Autotrophs make glucose and heterotrophs are
consumers of it.
Overview of photosynthesis and respiration
SUN
RADIANT
ENERGY
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
RESPIRATION
GLUCOSE
CELL
ACTIVITIES
ATP(ENERGY)
Photosynthesis- Light energy converted to chemical energy of organic compounds
(carbs)
Autotrophs only
Cellular Respiration- Organic compounds broken down to create ATP (energy)
Autotrophs & Heterotrophs
Cellular respiration is the process by which the chemical energy of "food" molecules is
released and partially captured in the form of ATP. Carbohydrates, fats, and proteins can
all be used as fuels in cellular respiration, but glucose is most commonly used as an
example to examine the reactions and pathways involved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUmT24R8CyA
EQUATION FOR
RESPIRATION
Products
Reactants
CARBON
DIOXIDE
GLUCOSE
C6H12O6 +
6O2
OXYGEN
produces
6CO2
ATP
+
6H2O
WATER
+
ENERGY
Cellular respiration- make a book
Draw it and write definition
What is the function of
photosythesis?
Structure: Identify the parts:
Identify the parts
Interrelations
hips with
other systems
or parts
Vocabulary interaction game
Exit
Concept map