Today we will review what it means to be alive for an intro to biology. First, a look at our biosphere in the context of our universe.
The definition of biosphere is the thin layer of soil, water and air and all the life that interacts within it
Next, we look at the living things on our school grounds. The app inaturalist is very useful to identify living things. Tuesday and Wednesday you will explore what it is to be a living thing, and you will create a Naturalist Notebook using blank paper, your MAPLE LEAF and an iNaturalist app. Today you will
1. Do an exercise called "Dead or Alive" Have a class discussion on the fundamental criteria of living things.
2. Download iNaturalist on an electronic device (such as a phone).
3. Find living things in a natural place such as our Gladstone School Grounds, or Gladstone Garden.
4. Photograph living specimens (and upload to iNaturalist). IDENTIFY the specimen and create a document which shows the pictures you took with your MAPLE LEAF.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS: WHMIS: biohazardous, infectious disease
At this time, the risk of covid-19 Brazilian variant P1 is high in Vancouver, especially if you are meeting people who are not in your immediate household. This covid-19 variant of concern is more easily transmissible and can cause illness in young people. Estimates are that in VCH more than 60% of positive covid tests are P1. Therefore we will conduct our lesson outdoors to mitigate this risk. You will keep your mask on when you are within 2m of another person outside and you will wash your hands if you share any maretials today, including pencil crayons.
ASSIGNMNENT A AND B
ASSIGNMENT A: SCAVENGER HUNT WITH your MAPLE LEAF: DEAD OR ALIVE? ( 5 marks )
1. Find something dead: How do you know it is dead? (1 mark)
2. Find something alive. What are the characteristics that tell you that this thing is alive? (1 mark)
3. Find something that has never been alive. What characteristics tell you that this is a NONLIVING thing. (1 mark).
4. Discuss together, as a class, what are the fundamental criteria of living things. There is no wrong answer here... Write these criteria in a paragraph. (2 marks).
What are the Criteria for Living things? look at these notes which we took today
ASSIGNMENT B: SCAVENGER HUNT WITH YOUR MAPLE LEAF WHICH HAS YOUR NAME ON IT.
(5 marks).
FIND THE FOLLOWING SPECIMENS ALL ON SCHOOL GROUNDS:
5 different plants
5 different animals (this can be INSECTS, SPIDERS, PILLBUGS)
2 fungi ( if you cannot find a mushroom, this can be lichen, which can be found on tree bark)
Include pics of your specimens under the microscope
UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOS ON A WORD DOCUMENT OR PDF
*If you are currently working from home, try to find these specimens in a garden
