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Students of all ages, but particularly those of middle school age, have a natural curiosity about living things and how they function.
Organisms—From Macro To Micro taps this curiosity by helping students clarify what they already know about organisms, and helping them then perform a series of engaging, thought-provoking, hands-on activities that will enable them to extend their knowledge. They work with a minimum of 16 living organisms during the unit’s 20 lessons.
Each lesson in this module builds on skills and concepts
presented in previous lessons. As students progress through
the module, they take greater responsibility for their own
learning, eventually planning and conducting their own
procedures, devising their own data tables, and analyzing
the results they obtain.
Organisms—From Macro to Micro is organized into three parts: The Beginning, Continuing the Cycle, and Completing the Cycle. A conceptual sequence chart for the module appears under Downloads.
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The Beginning: During the first six lessons, students perform inquiry activities during which they clarify what they already know about organisms, then develop and hone laboratory and critical-thinking skills used throughout the unit. They set up several unit-long inquiries during which they investigate organisms at different stages of their life cycle. The brief life cycles of Wisconsin Fast Plants® and cabbage white butterflies offer students an in-depth look at the interdependence of these organisms as well as the opportunity to observe traits passed on from parents to offspring.
Continuing the Cycle: Students explore the world of cells, asexual and sexual reproduction, and several important life processes of plants and animals. Students also use their Wisconsin Fast Plants® from part one to investigate transpiration and learn more about photosynthesis. This part culminates with the introduction of the Anchor Activity.
Completing the Cycle: The remaining lessons offer students experiences with several interesting organisms—mold, yeast, Daphnia, and Hydra—as they design their own inquiries and gather and interpret the data. Students also prepare a graphical dichotomous key using photos and observations they have recorded about the organisms encountered during the unit.
Anchor Activity: This is a research project where students research the structure and function of various parts of a vertebrate, and identify and describe the components of its habitat.
Each part of the unit concludes with a formal assessment; informal assessments are imbedded in the lessons |
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Goals for this kit include a complete understanding of the following ideas in
Life Science:
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What function and roles organisms play in the environment |
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What the interdependence of organisms is |
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What the function of the cell is |
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How organisms are organized in living systems |
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Organisms—From Macro to Micro Unit
Kit
The Unit Kit comes with a Teacher's
Guide, a Teacher's Tools CD, 16
Reusable Perfect Bound Student
Guides, 16 Reusable Student Guide
Ebook Access Codes and the
materials needed for a class of 32. |
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Organisms—From Macro to Micro
Materials Set
This set replenishes the consumable
materials in the Unit Kit. |
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Organisms—From Macro to Micro
Refurbishment Set
This set replenishes the consumable
materials in the Unit Kit. |
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Organisms—From Macro to Micro
Replacement Parts
We offer individual replacement parts for your Unit Kits. |
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Organisms—From Macro to Micro
5-Class Unit Kit
The Unit Kit comes with a Teacher's
Guide, a Teacher's Tools CD, 16
Reusable Perfect Bound Student
Guides, 16 Reusable Student Guide
Ebook Access Codes and the
materials needed for a class of 160. |
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Organisms—From Macro to Micro
5-Class Refurbishment Set
This set replenishes the consumable
materials in the 5-Class Unit Kit. |
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Organisms—From Macro to Micro
Student Guide and Source Book, Pack
of 4
This pack is handy for replacing
lost or damaged student books. |
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Teacher's Tools
CD-ROM: Organisms—From Macro to Micro
This CD contains digital versions of
the teaching materials for this kit. |
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KIDS DISCOVER:
Cells
(Pack of 8)
This KIDS DISCOVER magazine
stimulates students' imaginations,
connects science in the classroom to
the real world, and makes learning
fun! |
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In this lesson, students begin a series of three inquiries into Pieris rapae, the cabbage white butterfly.
