1. Honors Biology & Biology 2015-2016

2. Chapter 1
Biology = Study of living things

3. What is Life?
1. Biosphere – earth: includes all organisms, water, land, and air
2. Organisms – living things

4. What is Life?
Spontaneous generation theory – the thought that living things come from non-living things (bees / flies) this theory has been dis-proven

5. Life
Biogenesis – living things come from other living things
they may or may not look like the parent(s)
examples: butterflies, frogs, humans, plants

6. Life Organization: how do we put order to living things?
There are so many, we must have a way to know what we are talking about, no matter where we are in the world.

7. Living things
Cell – smallest unit of living things. Some organisms are made of only 1 cell (unicellular) others are made up of many cells (multi-cellular)
The cell is the “Basic Functional Unit of Life”

8. Living things
Energy – ability to do work (this can change matter from one state to another)
Ice to Water to Steam

9. Growth- increase in size of a living thing.
Living Things
Growth- increase in size of a living thing.
Development – change in shape and/or form of a living thing.

10. Living things
Reproduction – making of new cells from living cells that already exist.
Response – how living things react to an outside stimuli.

11. Living things
Adaptation – response over a LONG term and then these responses are passed down from one generation to another. (appendix / hair)

12. Levels of Organization
Smallest to largest levels:
Atom molecule cell tissues organ system organism population community ecosystem

13. Levels of Organization

14. Tissues – like kinds of cells working together for a function.
Organization
Tissues – like kinds of cells working together for a function.
Organs – several tissues (different types often) working together for a specific purpose.

15. System – several organs working together for a common purpose.
Organization
System – several organs working together for a common purpose.

16. Organization
Organism – A living thing, made up of several systems that can function on it’s own in a niche.
Niche – a small environment where organisms do well and flourish. (area just their own)

17. What are? How do they fit in?
Predator / Prey - -

18. Scientific Method
Making predictions, designing experiments, testing theory(s), observing and interpreting data.

19. Lab Report
1. Title- Name for the lab or experiment
2. Hypothesis/Purpose: - why we do the lab, what are we doing. Explained in 1 or 2 sentences. (logical guess)

20. Lab Report
3. Materials – Items and equipment needed for the lab. (often in a list format)
4. Procedure - How to do the lab (dry example or walk through)

21. Lab Report
5. Data / Observation – what is taking place,
What do you see or observe? Charts, graphs, times, pictures, drawings, etc.
Details, details, details!

22. Examples Variable: what changes in the experiment?
Control / constant: what we compare everything in that lab to
Theory: is a well-tested hypothesis. Lasts over time…..

23. Lab Report
6. Conclusion - result, explanation for the lab results. Possible future lab ideas (new questions, new hypothesis and or theory)

24. Let’s try and see if it works…

25. Independent Knowledge Check
Read Chapter 1 in the Biology text book
Summarize into bullet points the characteristics of living things (1 complete sentence per characteristic)
Look at Figure 1-4 on page 9. Describe what you see in 2 sentences.

26. Homework: due ----- and ----- Candle/Observation Lab 100/100
You must design, execute, and complete a lab on the observation of a candle burning. Include each phase of the lab report and all the pertinent information for each area. You must observe the candle for a minimum of 10 minutes.
You must have a drawing
You must have details
You must have color