Body+Organization

Systems in Living Things Standard #5: Describe the hierarchical organization of multicellular organisms from cells to tissues to organs to systems to organisms.
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 * Major Learning Targets: **
 * I can explain that cells’ appearances are different depending on their function
 * I can identify and define the different tissue types
 * I can recognize organs and understand that they come together to form organ systems
 * I can list and give examples of the levels of organization from simplest to the most complex


 * Important Concepts: **
 * Each of the organizational levels must do it’s job properly for the health of the whole organism
 * Cells do the simplest job and the processes become more complex as the levels get higher


 * Important Skills: **
 * Students will be able to classify examples of different tissue types based on a description of their functions
 * Students will create a visual model of the concept of body organization


 * Assessments and Projects in Addition to Weekly Test: **
 * Create a comic story explaining how these levels come together to form a functioning unit called an organism
 * Research a topic and determine which level of organization it is about and how it affects the whole organism

Prentice Hall Life Science Chapter 14 Sec 1 Body Organization and Homeostasis 468-473
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