This morning, we completed the lab activity on pages 11 and 12. We compared nonliving and living samples under microscopes. We learned that all living things are made of cells. 

This morning, we watched a video about cells to prepare for our lab activity tomorrow. 

This morning, we finished the activity on page 10 and began discussing the lab activity on page 11. 

Happy 3rd day of class! We had a great class today! We began with an introduction of Module 1 from page 3. We watched a video of an amoeba ingesting to food. The students began thinking about the characteristics of living things. Next, we looked at the Module project launch on page 4. At the end of each module, students will use what they learned to complete the module project. After introducing the module, we began the Lesson 1 probe on page 5. Each lesson will begin with one of these to see what the students know. After learning, they will return to the probe and see if they still agree with their initial thinking. 

 

After completing and discussing the probe, we completed the encounter the phenomenon activity on page 7 after viewing "Dancing Flames". Students should be familiar with characteristics of living things. 

 

We moved on to Explain the phenomenon on page 8 where students wrote their claim about living things. We will come back to this as we learn and collect evidence throughout the lesson. 

 

Finally, we finished the class by completing the investigation on page 10. We will be going over this tomorrow as a class.