emse 3123 math and science in education life and environmental sciences presented by frank h....

EMSE 3123Math and Science in Education

Life and EnvironmentalSciences

Presented byFrank H. Osborne, Ph. D.

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Life Science

The structure, characteristics, basic needs and diversity of living organisms.

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Life ScienceLife science is the study of the structure,

characteristics, basic needs and diversity of living organisms. Key components include:

• Matter, energy and organization in living systems

• Diversity and biological evolution

• Reproduction and heredity

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Life ScienceK-2 Level Investigations

Matter, Energy and Organization in Living Systems

• 1. Investigate the basic needs of humans and other organisms.

– Humans• Food, Clothing (protection), Shelter

– Animals• Food, Shelter• Animals develop their own protection

– Plants• Correct climate, temperature, rainfall

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• 2. Compare and contrast essential characteristics that distinguish living things from nonliving things.

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Life ScienceK-2 Level InvestigationsStraw-wrapper Worm

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Straw-wrapper Worm

• Remove straw wrapper using the closed hand and pounding it on the table

• An accordion shape results in the wrapper

• Drip one drop of water on the “worm” and watch it move

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Properties of the Nervous System

Thermal Receptors

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Thermal Receptors

• Three cups of water--hot, room temp, cold

• One finger in hot, one finger in cold

• Hold for a minute or two

• Place both into the water at room temperature

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Life ScienceK-2 Level InvestigationsDiversity and Biological Evolution

• 1. Different types of plants and animals live in different parts of the world.

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Diversity and Biological Evolution• Habitat picture display

– Uses pictures of plants and animals from magazines or photographs of pets

– Obtain images from the Internet– Pictures are sorted according to biomes

• Natural diversity– Sort the pictures again according to

biological relationships

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Diversity and Biological Evolution

• 2. some kinds of organisms that once lived on earth have completely disappeared.

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• Hadrosaurus foulkii was the first recognized nearly complete fossil to be discovered. The discovery was made in Haddonfield.

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Reproduction and Heredity

• 1. Humans and other organisms resemble their parents.

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• Genetic variation in cats or dogs

Tailessness (Manx) Folded Ears (Scottish Fold)

Many breeds of cats come in longhair and shorthair varieties.15



• Genetic variation in cats or dogs

Hairlessness (Sphynx) Curled Ears (American Curl)

Many breeds of cats come in longhair and shorthair varieties.16

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• Students can do a small webquest– American Cat Fanciers Association (ACFA)

• www.acfacat.com

– Dogs - American Kennel Club (AKC)• www.akc.org

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Life Science3-5 Level Investigations

Matter, Energy and Organization in Living Systems1. Identify the roles that organisms may serve in a food chain.

Green plant Insect Frog Snake18



2. Differentiate between the needs of plants and those of animals.

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Matter, Energy and Organization in Living Systems• 3. Recognize that plants and animals are composed of

different parts performing different functions and working together for the well being of the organism.

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• 4. Describe the basic functions of the major systems of the human body including, but not limited to: digestive system. circulatory system. respiratory system. nervous system. skeletal system. muscular system. reproductive system.

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1. Develop a simple classification scheme for grouping organisms.

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Diversity and Biological Evolution2. Recognize that individuals vary within every species, including humans.

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Reproduction and Heredity1. Identify different stages in the lives of various organisms.

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Reproduction and Heredity1. Identify different stages in the lives of various organisms.

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Standard 5.5: Nervous SystemProperties of the Nervous System

Distance between two Touch Receptors

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Life Science


Touch Receptors

• Adjust two toothpicks to various distances beginning with 1 mm.

• Touch various parts of the body to determine if one or two points are felt.

• Make a data table in your Science Journal

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Life ScienceDistances between Touch Receptors

Data Table

LOCATION DISTANCE

Tip of Index Finger

Palm of Hand

Back of Hand

Cheek

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Life ScienceHabitat Picture Display

• Four basic biomes– Tundra– Forest (pine forest, deciduous forest, rain

forest)– Grassland– Desert

• Suggested activities covered in presentation– Uses pictures of plants and animals from

magazines or photographs of pets– Obtain images from the Internet– Pictures are sorted according to biomes

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Life Science

Adaptations for Seed Dispersal

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Life SciencePyramid of Energy is a Food Chain

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Life ScienceWhere does each stage fit in the food chain?

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Levels of structure in organisms

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Life Science

• What does each of these systems do?– digestive system

– circulatory system

– respiratory system

– nervous system

– skeletal system

– muscular system

– reproductive system

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Environmental ScienceUnderstanding of the environment as a system

of interdependent components affected by human activity and natural phenomena

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Environmental ScienceEnvironmental science includes the study of the environment as a system of interdependent components affected by human activity and natural phenomena.

Key components include:

• A. Natural Systems and Interactions

• B. Human Interactions and Impact

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Environmental ScienceK-2 Level Investigations

Natural Systems and Interactions

• 1. Associate organisms' basic needs with how they meet those needs within their surroundings.

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• The four natural resources

– sun, rocks/soil, air, water

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Human Interactions and Impact

• 1. Identify various needs of humans that are supplied by the natural or constructed environment.

• 2. Make lists of human needs and environmental impact.

• 3. Make lists of natural and artificial materials that are found in the environment.

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Environmental Science3-5 Level Investigations

Natural Systems and Interactions1. Differentiate between natural resources that are renewable and those that are not.

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• 2. How animals depend on plants.

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Human Interactions and Impact

• 1. Explain how meeting human requirements affects the environment.

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The End

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