Unit 1 - Cells
(Life processes are performed at the cellular level.)
Lesson Breakdown
Topic 1.1: Characteristics of Living Things
Topic 1.2: Where do Living Things Come From?
Microscopes
Topic 1.3: How are cells different from one another?
Topic 1.5: How does the body protect us from pathogens?
- Big Questions:
- How do you know if something is alive?
- Where does life come from?
- 1.1 Powerpoint [pptx] [pdf]
- Characteristics of Living things Handout [docx] [pdf]
- Amoeba Sisters Video [link]
- Workbook pages 3-5
- 1.1 Checking Your Understanding Questions [KEY]
- 1.1-1.2.1 Test Outline (updated Apr 28, 2023) [docx] [pdf]
Topic 1.2: Where do Living Things Come From?
- 1.2 Powerpoint [pptx] [pdf]
- Practice:
- Workbook pages 10-16
- Workbook pg. 11 KEY [pptx]
- Viruses Amoeba Sisters Video [link]
Microscopes
- Parts of a Microscope
- Video: How to Use [link1] [link2]
- Letter E, Crossed Threads Lab [pdf]
- Virtual Microscope Lab [link]
- Onion and Cheek Cell Lab [docx] [pdf] [KEY without drawings]
- Animal Cell Picture [link]
Topic 1.3: How are cells different from one another?
- Amoeba Sisters Tour of the Cell [Youtube link] [worksheet pdf]
- 1.3 Powerpoint (updated Oct 7 2021) [pptx] [pdf]
- Practice:
- Cell Analogy Assignment [pdf]
- Endosymbiosis Reading [link] [pdf]
- 1.3 CYU Textbook Questions [KEY]
- Review Mind Map Words [pdf]
- Photosynthesis Lab [handout] [video]
- Topic 1.3 Test Outline [pdf]
Topic 1.5: How does the body protect us from pathogens?