Name:

Science with
Ms. Toso

Class Period:

CHAPTER 1
exploring &
classifying life

Objectives To Be Met Within

Chapter 1
Students should...
apply scientific methods to problem solving
distinguish between living and nonliving things
identify what living things need to survive
describe experiments about spontaneous generation
explain how scientific methods led to the idea of biogenesis
examine how chemical compounds found in living things might have
been formed
describe how early scientists classified living things
explain the system of binomial nomenclature
demonstrate how to use a dichotomous key
MS-LS1-1: Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are
made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.

Section 1:

What is Science?

What do you think? Brainstorm some characteristics that you think science involves.
Class consensus:
Using what I learned in science, I can:
Ask questions and define problems
Use math and computational thinking
Develop and use models
Construct explanations and design solutions
Plan and carry out investigations
Analyze and interpret data
Engage in argument from evidence
Obtain, evaluate, and communicate info

Vocab Card!
Scientific method:

Hypothesis:

Control:
Variable:
Theory:

Law:

The Scientific Method

Using the statements below, fill in the flowchart of the scientific method.
Hypothesis not supported
Hypothesis supported
Revise hypothesis
Repeat many times
State the question
Draw conclusions
Form a hypothesis
Perform an experiment
Gather information
Analyze data

Section 2:

Living Things

What do you think? Brainstorm characteristics you think something requires to be

considered living.

Class consensus:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Vocab Card!
Organism:
Cell:
Homeostasis:
Raw Material:

Section 3:

Where Does Life Come From?

What do you think? Brainstorm some ideas!

Class consensus:

Vocab Card!
Spontaneous Generation:
Biogenesis:

Francesco Redi (1668)

A
IN NA
TE LY
R ZI
DA PR NG
TA ETI &
! NG

Trial And Error

Lazzaro Spallanzani (1768)

D
US EV
IN ELO
G
P
M IN
OD G
EL &
S!

John Needham (1745)

Alexander Oparin (1924)

P
C L
IN AR AN
VE R NI
ST YIN NG
IG G
AT O &
IO UT
NS
!

Louis Pasteur (1859)

Stanley Miller & Harold Urey (1953)

Section 4:

How Are Living Things

Classified?

What do you think? Brainstorm some ideas!

Class consensus:

Vocab Card!
Phylogeny:
Kingdom:
Binomial Nomenclature:
Genus:

D
US EV
IN ELO
G
P
M IN
OD G
EL &
S!

Sample Organizations

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Class
Phylum!
Kingdom!

Mammalia

Chordata

Animalia

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To Prepare For The Chapter Quiz

Ask yourself...
Can you answer the big question per
section?

Yes
Great! Keep
practicing!

No
Practice practice
practice!

Do you have the vocab cards filled in? Coolio! Quiz

yourself!

Check out a book,

ask a friend, or do
some research!

Can you complete the scientific

method flowchart from Section 1?

Great! Keep
practicing!

Practice practice
practice!

Can you identify the six characteristics

of life from Section 2?

Great! Keep
practicing!

Practice practice
practice!

Can you explain more than one

experiment from Section 3?

Neat! Practice tying

them together!

Time to review
these!

Can you organize animals based on

characteristics like in Section 4?

Great! Keep
practicing!

Practice practice
practice!

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