Living Organisms

What we Know About Organisms

• What are some living organisms?

• How are they alike and different?

Plants Animals

I learned ________Now I know_______________________

Observing and Describing Seeds

• What is a Seed?

• See• Hear• Feel • Smell

Planting Our Seeds

• What do our seeds need to grow?• You will get 4 seeds and plant them in cups

of soil• What are some predictions you can make

about each seed?

Observing Woodland Plants

• What do woodland plants need to survive?

Vocabulary

• Woodland• Terrarium• Moss• Pine tree• Soil

Describe moss and pine tree

• What do both need to survive?• Build your terrarium

Label your Terrarium

Observing Freshwater Plants

• Elodea• Aquarium• Cabomba• freshwater

What do freshwater plants need to survive?

• Cabomba • Elodea• Draw and Label the Freshwater plant

Label your Aquarium

How have our seeds Changed?

• What is Alike and Different about each plant

Observing Freshwater Snails

• Foot• Tentacle• Snout• Mantle Collar

What does a freshwater snail need to survive?

• What do you find in a pond?• What is the snail doing? How does it move?• Draw and Label what the snail looks like• http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/current/ED101fa10/kzantay/IMAGES/

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Observing Guppies: How do they Compare with Snails?

• Gills• Gravid spot• Lateral line• Fins

What does a guppy need to survive?

Snails Guppies

*Add to Aquarium

Observing Pill Bugs

• Exoskeleton• Antenna• Segment• Isopods• Molt

What does a pill bug need to survive?

• What type of animals live in the woods?

• What does the pill bug look like? What does it do?

• Draw and label the pill bug

• Add to Terrarium

Observing Millipededs

• Antennas• Chemical• Segments• Mandibles

How do Millipedes and Pill Bugs Differ?

Millipedes Pill Bugs

*Add to Terrarium

What is Happening???

In the Terrarium

In the Aquarium

How have the organisms changed?

How are they alike and different?

Freshwater Plants Woodland Plants

Freshwater and Woodland Animals

Freshwater Animals Woodland Animals

How are Plants and Animals Alike and Different

Plants Animals

What are the characteristics of plants and animals?

How have our seeds Changed?

• What is Alike and Different about each plant

Taking a Look at Ourselves

• What makes us similar of different to the organisms.• What makes an organism a living thing?