BIOLOGY: THE STUDY OF LIFE

What is Biology?

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Lesson overview

Adaptation, Biodiversity, Biology, Biome, Biosphere, Cell, Cell Theory, Community, Competition, Ecosystem, Evolution, Gene Theory, Homeostasis, Natural Selection, Organ, Organ System, Organism, Population, Reproduction, Symbiosis, Tissue

Biology is the science of life. Do you know what life is? Can you define it?

• List the characteristics of all living things.• State four unifying principles of biology.• Describe how living things interact.• Explain how life on Earth evolves.

ENGAGE 10min

Study the 3D model “Frog – Life Cycle” in the Lifeliqe Animal Biology library. Then, formulate answers to these questions:

• How do the tadpoles change as they grow and develop into frogs?• What grows?• What falls off?

EXPLORE 35min

Read “Biology: The Study of Life.”www.ck12.org/section/Biology%3A-The-Study-of-Life...

Study the cK-12 PLIX “Characteristics of Life.”www.ck12.org/assessment/tools/geometry-tool/plix.html?eId=SCI.BIO.115...

Study the 3D model “Toad – Anatomy” in the Lifeliqe Animal Biology library. Then, formulate answers to these questions:

EXPLAIN 10min

• What are the individual organs that make up the six systems illustrated here?• What role do the liver and gallbladder play in the life and health of the toad?

EXTEND / ELABORATE 10min

Take what you have learned and see it in authentic contexts.

Read and view “Is It Alive?”http://www.ck12.org/biology/Principles-of-Biology/rwa/Is-It-Alive

Take the following quiz to assess what you have learned.

“Biology: The Study of Life”www.ck12.org/section/Biology%3A-The-Study-of-Life...

EVALUATE 10min

Select content for this lesson plan was derived from Brainard, J. (2017). CK-12 Biology. Palo Alto, CA: CK-12 Foundation.Except as otherwise noted, all cK-12 content (including cK-12 curriculum material) is made available to users in

accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NV 3.0)License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). http://www.ck12.org/saythanks.