Life Science

 

S5L1. Students will classify organisms into groups and relate how they determined the groups with how and why scientists use classification.

 

a. Demonstrate how animals are sorted into groups (vertebrate and invertebrate) and how vertebrates are sorted into groups (fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, and mammal).

http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/animals/animalid/kingdom.htm

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/class.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/animalclassgame.htm

http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_animalclass/

http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/games/game_whats_my_class.html?trnstl=1

http://www.quia.com/cm/1130.html?AP_rand=1930257845

Animal Classification Jeopardy

Who Wants to be an Animal Classification Millionaire?

Group These Animals

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/hangman.html animal classification hangman

 

b. Demonstrate how plants are sorted into groups.

http://www.quia.com/rr/31120.html

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/class.html

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_main.html

Vascular Vegetables
Use common vegetables to observe the vascular structure and nature of plants.

 

Another way to consider plant classification is according to reproduction. Some plants reproduce by producing seeds. Others produce spores.

Plant Science Institute

Plant Galls

Classified!
Go classification crazy and start grouping and sorting your world.

 

In order to begin to classify plants, consider the structure by which the plant absorbs water. Plants are either vascular or non-vascular. Vascular plants have tube-like structures that transport water from the roots to the stem to the leaves. Non-vascular plants absorb water only through their surfaces.

Leaf Structure

Dandelion

Hydroponics

Mold/Fungus

Lichens

Fungi Facts

Microworlds

Natural Perspective

Antibiotic

Scott's Botanical Links

Botanical Society of America

Web Garden

The Great Plant Escape

 

 

 

S5L3. Students will diagram and label parts of various cells (plant, animal, single-celled, multi-celled).

 

a. Use magnifiers such as microscopes or hand lenses to observe cells and their structure.

 

b. Identify parts of a plant cell (membrane, wall, cytoplasm, nucleus, chloroplasts) and of an animal cell (membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus) and determine the function of the parts.

 

c. Explain how cells in multi-celled organisms are similar and different in structure and function to single-celled organisms.

Organelle Trail

http://vilenski.org/science/safari/bacteria/bacteria.html

 

 

Life Science Connections--Plants

Life Science Connections--Animals

Osmosis in Plant and Animal Cells

Virtual Plant Cell

More About Animal Cells

More About Plant Cells

Plant Cells

Animal Cells

The Cell

 

 

S5L4. Students will relate how microorganisms benefit or harm larger organisms.

 

a. Identify beneficial microorganisms and explain why they are beneficial.

 

b. Identify harmful microorganisms and explain why they are harmful.

 

www.oceanofk.org/sharks/sharkanatomy.html

 

http://savethesharks.tripod.com/sharks/id2.html

 

 

 

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