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2. Welcome to Life Science
Mary Beth Brennan

3. Meet the teacher Mary.brennan@cobbk12.org
Bachelor of Science in Middle Grades Education
Certified in grades 4-8 in Science and Social Sciences
3 years

4. Georgia Standards of Excellence
Explaining Phenomena & Solving Problems
“what scientists & engineers know”
“how scientists & engineers think”
Quotes from Peter A’Hearn
“what scientists & engineers do”
Georgia Standards of Excellence

5. Dimension 1: Scientific and Engineering Practices
Asking questions and defining problems
Developing and using models
Planning and carrying out investigations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Using mathematics and computational thinking
Constructing explanations and designing solutions
Engaging in argument from evidence
Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

6. Dimension 2: Crosscutting Concepts
Patterns
Cause and effect
Scale, proportion, and quantity
Systems and system models
Energy and matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation
Structure and function
Stability and change

7. Dimension 3: Content Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Interdependence of Life
Unit 1
9 weeks
Unit 2
6 weeks
Unit 3
3 weeks
Interdependence of Life
Structure and Function of Cells
Human Body Systems
-relationships between biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem
-energy flow in an ecosystem
-cycles of matter
-factors that influence biomes
-interaction of cell structures
-cell processes
-how systems interact to support life processes

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