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The above was originally published August 18, 2009 at http://jessica-jtapia.blogspot.com/2009/08/module-1.html
 * **Essentail Question:**

What is the unit of life? ||
 * **Unit Questions:**

What is the cell compound of? What is happening inside of the cell? ||
 * **Content Questions:**

What is a cell? What is the function of the organelles? Who discover the cells? Who invented the microscope? How particles move into the cell? What is inside of the nucleus and its function? How cells are organized into tissues, then organs and then organ system? What are the different between animal and plant cell?


 * Standards:**

1. Describe characteristics common to living things, including growth and development, reproduction, cellular organization, use of energy, exchange of gases, and response to the environment.  1a. Identifying homeostasis as the process by which an organism responds to its internal environment. 1b. Predicting how an organism’s behavior impacts the environment 1c. Identifying unicellular organism, including bacteria and protist, by their methods of locomotion, reproduction, ingestion, excretion, and effects on other organisms 1d. Identifying the structure of a virus 2. Identifying functions of organelles found in eukaryotic cells, including the nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, mitochondria, chloroplasts, and vacuoles.  2a. Identifying components of the cell theory 2b. Identifying cells as prokaryotic or eukaryotic 2c. Listing the sequence of the mitotic cell cycle 3. Relate major tissues and organs of the skeletal, circulatory, reproductive, muscular, respiratory, nervous, and digestive systems to their functions.  3a. Arranging in order the organizational levels of the human body from cell through organ systems 4. Describe organism in the six-kingdom classification system by their characteristics.  4a. Recognizing genus and species as components of a scientific name 4b. Identifying the contributions of Aristotle and Linnaeus to the early history of taxonomy 5. Identifying major differences between plants and animals, including internal structures, external structures, methods of locomotion, methods of reproduction, and stages of development.  List the characteristics all living things share. Investigate where living things come from. Identify what all living things need to survive. Inform why biologists classify organisms. Communicate what cells are. Explore and explain how the invention of the microscope contributed to scientist’s understanding of living things. State the cell theory. Observe the role of the cell wall and the cell membrane in the cell. Describe the functions of the cell. Explain how cells are organized in many-celled organism. ||
 * Objectives:**