TABLE OF CONTENTS - Lindbergh School District

Strand 3: Characteristic and Interactions of Living Organisms
2. Living organisms carry out life processes in order to survive
Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities
These samples activities offer ideas and are not
Concept C: Complex multicellular organisms have
systems that interact to carry out life processes
through physical and chemical means.
Scope and Sequence – Cells and Body Systems
meant to limit teacher or student resourcefulness.
Suggested Assessments
These samples assessments offer ideas and are not
meant to limit teacher or student resourcefulness
a. Identify and give examples of each level of
organization (cell, tissue, organ, organ system) in
multicellular organisms (plants, animals)
R
a. Students will organize information into a
model that demonstrates the interaction of
systems of cells, tissues, organs, and organ
networks in a complex multicellular organism.
(1.2; 1.5; 2.1; 2.3; 2.4)
a. Students will properly identify the hierarchy
of cells, tissues, organs and organ systems.
b. Illustrate and explain the path water and nutrients
take as they move through the transport system of
a plant
R
b. Students will use plants (e.g., celery or
flowers) and colored water to demonstrate the
flow of water through the plant. (1.2; 1.3;4.5)
b. Students will create a test in which they can
see water flowing through a plant.
c. Explain the interactions between the circulatory
and digestive systems as nutrients are processed by
the digestive system, passed into the blood stream,
and are transported in and out of the cell
R
c. Teacher will use models or videos to
demonstrate the transport of nutrients
throughout the body. (1.2; 1.3; 4.5)
c. Students will identify the body’s important
nutrients, their sources, and their transport
mechanism into the body.
d. Compare and contrast the processes of mechanical
and chemical digestion and their role in providing
materials necessary for survival of the cell and
organism
R
d. Students will demonstrate those areas in an
organism in which chemical, mechanical or
both digestive process occur. (1.2; 1.3;4.5)
d. Students will properly identify examples of
digestive organs and whether they perform
mechanical, chemical or both digestive
processes.
e. Identify the importance of the transport and
exchange of nutrient and waste molecules to the
survival of the cell and organism
R
e. Teacher will model the processes of osmosis
and diffusion. Students will discuss both and
their importance in nutrient/waste product
transport. (1.2; 1.3;4.5)
e. Students will identify the basics of
osmosis/diffusion and provide an example of
each.
f. Explain the interactions between the circulatory
and respiratory systems in exchanging oxygen and
carbon dioxide between cells and the atmosphere
(when oxygen enters the body, passes into the
blood stream, and is transported into the cell;
carbon dioxide is transported out of the cell, passes
T
R
f. Students will model (using videos support or
lab models) the flow of blood between the
heart, lungs and body.
f. Students will measure heart rate, pulse and
respiration. Identify what would cause these to
change in a healthy organism.
198 of 367