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Instructional Unit Outline WV 7TH KPS
Conceptual Lens/Big Idea
Essential Understandings
Focus Questions – directly related
to Conceptual Lens/Big Idea
Form and Function
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Everything has form
Everything has function
Form depends on function and function depends on form
Biodiversity:
Form may change over time
The more variety there is, the more likely something is to survive and reproduce
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What is the function of it?
What is its form?
How is form and function related?
Driving Question – open ended; kid
friendly, of interest to students'
lives, school, community, etc.
How do form and function depend on one another?
5th Grade: Supporting Questions
Learning Set 1: What allows a pill bug to thrive/survive?
Lesson 1: What can I learn about a pill bug by observing it?
Lesson 2: What environmental conditions work best for a pill bug?
Lesson 3: What about a pill bug’s form and function helps it?
Lesson 4: Apply: Building a habitat for pill bugs
6th Grade: Supporting Questions
7th Grade: Supporting Questions
Learning Set 1:
Lesson 1:
Lesson 2:
Learning Set 2:
Lesson 1:
Lesson 2:
Lesson 3:
Learning Set 3:
Lesson 1:
Lesson 2:
Lesson 3:
Learning Set 1: What is a cell's form and function?
Lesson 1: Are all cells the same?
Lesson 2: What is the form and function of a cell?
Lesson 3: Student driven investigation with QPOE2 before/after
Learning Set 2: Why aren’t all creatures single-celled?
Lesson 1: Why are larger organisms made of many cells instead of just one?
Lesson 2: How is a larger organism organized?
Lesson 3: Student driven investigation with QPOE2 before/after
Learning Set 3: How does specialization of plant or animal cells aid in the survival or reproduction of an
organism?
Lesson 1: How does the form of a plant cell affect its function or vise versa?
Lesson 2: How does the form of an animal cell affect its function or vise versa?
Lesson 3: How do cells compare within an organism? How do they differ?
Possible Student Misconceptions
Standards and Benchmarks
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5th Grade Michigan GLCEs
6th Grade Michigan GLCEs
7th Grade Michigan GLCEs
L.OL.M.2
Cell Functions – All organisms are composed of cells, from one cell to many cells. In multicellular
organisms, specialized cells perform specialized functions. Organs and organ systems are composed
of cells, and function to serve the needs of cells for food, air, and waste removal. The way in which
cells function is similar in all living organisms.
L.OL.07.21 Recognize that all organisms are composed of cells (single cell organisms, multicellular organisms)
L.OL.07.22 Explain how cells make up different body tissues, organs, and organ systems.
L.OL.07.23 Describe how cells in all multicellular organisms are specialized to take in nutrients, which are used
to make the materials that a cell or organism needs.
L.OL.07.24 Recognize that cells function in a similar way in all organisms.
L.OL.07.63 Describe evidence that plants make. Use, and store food.
Inquiry Process, Inquiry Analysis, and Communication, Reflection and Social Implications
Inquiry Process
S.IP.07.11 Generate scientific questions about cells or plant growth based on observations, investigations, and
research.
S.IP.07.12 Design and conduct scientific investigations to study the relationship between cells and tissues (look
at different types of plants, examining leaf tissue, root tissue, stem tissue, and compare the structure of
specialized cells).
S.IP.07.13 Use tools and equipment (hand lens, microscopes, thermometer) appropriate to the scientific
investigation.
Inquiry Analysis and Communication
S.IA.07.12 Evaluate data, claims, and personal knowledge in distinguishing one-celled and multicellular
organisms through collaborative scientific discourse.
Reflection and Social Implications
Formative Assessments
5th Grade Learning Set Unit
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Summative Assessment
Pill bug drawing from Lesson 1
Group chart poster (environmental conditions) presented to class from Lesson 2
Short Answer Essay: How do form, function, and environment of a pill bug work together?
5th Grade: How do form and function work together so an organism can
survive in an environment?
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Form and function working together is how an organism is adapted to survive in
their environment
Biodiversity-or variations in organisms is what allows organisms to survive-life
to continue
Some organisms are better adapted to survive in specific environmental
conditions
***RUBRIC*** Show by: Create an organism w/ a min. of 1 variation. Scenario of
a change in environment where 1 variation survives the change (See rubric for
criteria)
7th Grade: How do form and function depend on one another?
Analyze the form and function of three cells within one organism.
 Select an organism
 Select 3 types of cells to analyze, which will include 1st hand data
from journal as well as 2nd hand research
 Draw, print pictures, create a model, or take pictures of the three
cells
 Describe the form of the three cells
 Describe the function of the three cells
 Analyze, using data, how the form of the cell and the function of the
cell relate to or depend on one another
 Compare one of the cells to another cell of the same type, but in a
different organism to show biodiversity in living things
 The more variety there is, the more likely something is to survive
and reproduce
(See Rubric for Criteria)
Materials
5th Grade Learning Set Unit
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Resources
5th Grade Learning Set Unit
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Timeline
Live pill bugs
Materials for investigations: soil, leaves, sticks, rocks, gravel, sand, cold and heat sources, light and
dark sources, food such as carrots, apples, lettuce, etc.
Plastic containers to house pill bugs
Petri dishes and microscopes for observations
A Pill Bug’s Life by John Himmelman
Holt Science and Technology Textbook: Animals
Internet: Web based search on pill bugs
5th Grade Learning Set Unit
4 Lessons, 8 days of class where you have 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes per class. 8-81/2 hours total