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An ABC Book of Science Terms
Middle School Guide of Life Science Terminology Edition 13
Date Assigned: May 6, 2015
Date Due: May 13, 2015
This project will count as a project grade.
Standards and Objectives
S7L1. Students will investigate the diversity of living organisms and how they can be compared scientifically.
a. Demonstrate the process for the development of a dichotomous key.
b. Classify organisms based on physical characteristics using a dichotomous key of the six kingdom system (archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals).
S7L2: Students will describe the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.
a. Explain that cells take in nutrients in order to grow and divide and to make needed materials.
b. Relate cell structures (cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, and mitochondria) to basic cell functions.
c. Explain that cells are organized into tissues, tissues into organs, organs into systems, and systems into organisms.
d. Explain that tissues, organs, and organ systems serve the needs cells have for oxygen, food, and waste removal.
e. Explain the purpose of the major organ systems in the human body (i.e., digestion, respiration, reproduction, circulation, excretion, movement, control, and coordination, and for protection from disease).
S7L3. Students will recognize how biological traits are passed on to successive generations.
a. Explain the role of genes and chromosomes in the process of inheriting a specific trait.
b. Compare and contrast that organisms reproduce asexually and sexually (bacteria, protists, fungi, plants & animals).
c. Recognize that selective breeding can produce plants or animals with desired traits.
S7L4. Students will examine the dependence of organisms on one another and their environments.
a. Demonstrate in a food web that matter is transferred from one organism to another and can recycle between organisms and their environments.
b. Explain in a food web that sunlight is the source of energy and that this energy moves from organism to organism.
c. Recognize that changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of both individuals and entire species.
d. Categorize relationships between organisms that are competitive or mutually beneficial.
e. Describe the characteristics of Earth’s major terrestrial biomes (i.e., tropical rain forest, savanna, temperate, desert, taiga, tundra, and mountain) and aquatic communities (i.e., freshwater, estuaries, and marine).
S7L5. Students will examine the evolution of living organisms through inherited characteristics that promote survival of organisms and the survival of successive generations of their offspring.
a. Explain that physical characteristics of organisms have changed over successive generations (e.g. Darwin’s finches and peppered moths of Manchester).
b. Describe ways in which species on earth have evolved due to natural selection.
c. Trace evidence that the fossil record found in sedimentary rock provides evidence for the long history of changing life forms.
Terms should be related to the following concepts
Unit and lessons / StandardsInterdependence of life
- Levels of organization
- Characteristics of biomes
- Factors in influencing organism survival
Energy flow and nutrient cycling
- Relationships between organisms
- Transfer of recycling of matter and energy
Structure and function of cells
- Cells structure
- Cells function
Human Body System
- Levels of organization
- Structure and function of body systems
Genetics, heredity, and reproductions
- Sexual and asexual reproduction
- Genes and chromosomes
- Probability and Punnett squares
- Selective breeding
Evolution
- Evolution and natural selection
- Evidence for evolution
Classification
- Dichotomous keys
- Six Kingdom System
Task:
You have been commissioned by Floyd’s Publishing House to create Middle School Guide of Life Science Terminology. BUT there is one problem; the editor in chief needs the book in 6 business days. We know that you are more than capable to of getting the job done. So, here are the requirements.
1. Design your cover and include the title, Middle School Guide of LifeScience Terminology.
2. The first page will be your title page and should include such information as the name of your booklet, your name,
the publisher, the illustrator, period and the date.
3. On the second page, write the letter A, and think of the many, varied and unusual words beginning with the letter
“A” that are associated with science. Choose one of the words you thought of and write it, create a drawing to show
you understand the meaning of the word, put the standard and objective associated with the wordand, finally, write
a definition for the word.
4. In addition to the letter and picture, each student must provide the information about the physics concept that is
represented by that letter and explain how it is related to one or more of the topics listed above. All
entries MUST be related to one of the topics above.
5. Complete the other 25 pages/letters in the same manner.
6. On pages 29 -30, write a letter to the upcoming 7th graders, giving them best practices to succeed in Life
Science.
7. Put a back on the book so that the last letter page is not exposed, CREATIVITY is a must!
Do’s and Don’ts
•You MAY NOT USE THE GLOSSARY OF THE TEXTBOOK.
•It’s important to use creativity in your drawings. (Computer assistance is permitted but not required for the
drawings)
•You must add color to give your book a more professional look.
•It must be done in PEN, not pencil (ABC books done in pencil will not be graded).
•The book must be bound by any method you would like.
•The project must be neatly done.
•Notebook paper will NOT be accepted.
Example
S7L1.b
A is for archaebacteria.Archaebacteria are a type of prokaryote, that is, a unicellular organism without a cell nucleus. They make up the kingdom Archae, one of the main kingdoms of life. These organisms are difficult to classify because they have similarities to both normal bacteria and the larger eukaryotes. In structure, they are like unicellular prokaryotes, but the genetic transcription and translation underlying their creation is similar to that of the more complex eukaryotes.
Grading Rubric:
ITEMS / POINT VALUE / Student / TeacherCover Page / 5 points
26 ABC pages / 130 points
Book Bound / 5 points
ABC Book Word List / 15 points
ABC Book Word List
Directions
List 1 word for each letter of the alphabet, and then put a check and the objective letter that matches the life science term. Remember, you must use each standard and objective at least one time.
ABC Word / S7L1 / S7L2 / SL73 / SL74 / SL75 / PointsEx
Sun / B
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z