7th Grade Science
Chapter 4 Cells: The Basic Units of Life
Lesson
Objective
4:1
Organization
of Life
In-Class Lesson
Introduce Chapter 4,
Cells: The Basic
Units of Life.
Page 78. Using Lab on Transparency teach
students step by step on how to write up a
Lab. Students will write-up Onion Lab in
class.
Have students work in table groups to do
Transparency Lab. Students may take lab
home to perfect it. Microscopes and Red
Onions.
To show that all
living organisms are
made up of cells.
Explain how life is
organized from a single
cell to an ecosystem.
Have students view
internet video’s on cells,
tissues, organs, and
organ systems.
Describe the difference
between unicellular and
multicellular. Have
students view internet
video’s on organism and
ecosystem.
To see how different
species of birds can
share the same habitat.
Review 4:1
4:1 Assessment
Homework
Student must write
homework instruction
given daily in
classroom—changes
may occur!
Pages 80-81. Read, discuss, and take notes.
Students must know that any living thing
has a least one cell. Tissues are groups of
cells and organs are groups of tissues.
Final Draft
write-up at
home, be sure to
attach draft
from class work
to final lab.
DRW pgs 21-22,
#’s 3-7, 9-12.
Standards
1a,1b,1f,5a, 7b
Pages 83-84. Read, discuss, and take notes.
Have students write-up populations and
community lab: Can three different bird
species share the same habitat?
DRW pg 23, #’s
15,17,18-27.
Standards
1a,1b,1f,5a, 7b
Have students work in class on the lab and
most importantly the graphing of the
habitat.
Have students go over questions and review
them by presenting answers to class with
illustration, SLE, and standards.
Students will take a quiz to review Lesson
4:1
Final Lab.
Standards
1a,1b,1f,5a, 7b
Study for Quiz
4:1