Grade: 7th A,B,C Date:
Book: Biology Topic: Characteristics of Living Things.
Unit: Cells and Life processes. Title: Characteristics of Living Things (1).
Anticipatory set:
Warm up: Show the students videos tell some of animals' movements.
Review: What is the difference between living and non-living thing?
Set readiness: What do animals and plants need to stay alive?
Objectives : S.W.B.A.T.
Name the characteristics of living things.*
*Identify characteristics of living things.
*Discuss the 7 characteristics of living things.
Aids: flash cards, video, PowerPoint presentation
Importance of the lesson:
New vocabulary: organism, respiration, sensitivity, excretion, nutrition, reproduction, growth.
Instructional input:
*Tell the students what is an organism?
*Discuss with the students that all living things must have 7 basic characteristics.
*All living things like people and animals move their whole body from place to place but plants can only move parts of their body. So what is the first characteristic? Movement
*The second characteristic is respiration: the process of the release of energy in cells for example in plants (food+O2 CO2 + water + energy) . respiration means breathing.
* All living things respond to different stimuli, plants will in the direction light is coming from, this characteristic is sensitivity.
*All living things grow for example babies grow up to be like their parents, animals often have a maximum size,plants continue to get bigger over all of their life. This characteristic is growth.
* Creats new individuals , have off spring, ensure the survival of species means reproduction
* All living things get rid of their waste, this includes (gases, urea, water) this characteristic is excretion.
* All living things take their food from their environment. This characteristic is nutrition.
Checking for understanding:
Can you work out if a car is alive? it can move, it feeds on petrol,takes in oxygen and gives out waste substances, but it does not …….,……. So it cannot be alive.
Guided practice:
Answer question (1) page 5, part (1).
Independent practice:
Answer question (2) page 5.
Closure:
to name 4 characteristics of the living things . Ask the students
Grade: 7 th A,B,C Date:
Book: Biology Topic: Characteristics of Living Things
Unit: Cells and Life Processes. Title: Characteristics of Living Things (2).
Anticipatory set:
Warm up: Why do we consider the car to be non-living thing?
Review: Review the 7 characteristics of living thing
Set readiness: What is the difference between animals and plants movement?
Objectives: S.W.B.A.T.
*Identify that animals and plants differ because of the way they get their food
*Make a comparison between the features of animals and plants
*Identify the micro-organisms and how do they reproduce and feed
Aids: flash cards , power point presentation.
Importance of the lesson:
Instructional input:
*discuss with the students that animals eat plants or other animals but the plants must trap enough light energy from the sun by spreading out its leaves over a large area.
*make a comparison between the features of animals and plants, how do they move, grow, respond and reproduce. Discuss their behavior, structure and colors.
*tell the students that micro-organisms are living organisms that are often too small to be seen and they may be beneficial or harmful .
*tell the students how do the micro-organisms grow, reproduce and feed.
*tell the students that a large group of the micro-organisms is called a colony.
Checking for understanding:
Correct the following sentences:
-Plants grow to a maximum size ( )
-plants respond to stimuli slowly ( )
-most animals reproduce by adult moving to find another adult( )
Guided practice:
Match:
1) Fox ( ) its leaves usually green
2) Oak tree ( ) eats another animal
3) Bacteria ( ) reproduce quickly by dividing into two.
Independent practice:
Answer question (1) part (2)
Answer question (2)
Closure:
Tell three differences between the cow and sunflower.