Exploring Life: What Makes Something Alive?
In today's science class, we dive into the question: "What makes something 'alive'?" Begin by updating your Table of Contents, then answer the prompt in your notebook. We'll discuss fascinating examples, like the Alaskan Wood Frog that can survive freezing. As part of your lab, you will investigate the heart rate as a response to the environment. Follow the structured lab format to document your hypothesis and findings. Remember, each topic explored today has implications for our understanding of life and what it means to be living.
Exploring Life: What Makes Something Alive?
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Bellwork Open your notebook to your Table of Contents. Make sure it’s updated. On a separate sheet of paper, answer the question: what makes something alive? **You can get paper from the front of the room**
Science Fact of the Day:The little Alaskan Wood Frog is capable of reviving itself back to normal life after staying completely frozen for months, during which its heart, brain, and other organs stop functioning.
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So what? • How many of the eight characteristics does something need to be considered “alive”? • Can you name them?
Heart Rate Lab(pg 11) • Today you will design a lab to test for 1 characteristic of life: response to the environment. • Specifically, can you change your heart rate?
Lab FormatI. TitleII. PurposeIII. Hypothesis (testable statement)IV. MaterialsV. Procedure VI. Data/CalculationsVII. ConclusionVII. Analysis
Lab FormatI. Heart Rate LabII. PurposeIII. Hypothesis (testable statement)IV. MaterialsV. Procedure VI. Data/CalculationsVII. ConclusionVII. Analysis
Lab FormatI. Heart Rate LabII. To investigate an organisms response to the environmentIII. Hypothesis (testable statement)IV. MaterialsV. Procedure VI. Data/CalculationsVII. ConclusionVII. Analysis
Lab FormatI. Heart Rate LabII. To investigate an organisms response to the environmentIII. If a person __________ for __________, then their heart rate will be ___________.IV. MaterialsV. Procedure VI. Data/CalculationsVII. ConclusionVII. Analysis
I. Heart Rate LabII. To investigate an organisms response to the environmentIII. If a person __________ for __________, then their heart rate will be ___________.IV. StopwatchV. Procedure VI. Data/CalculationsVII. ConclusionVII. Analysis
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