INTERACTIVE NOTES - ORIGINS OF LIFE
Cindy Rudolph uses a form of interactive notes that guides students in their note-taking. This reduces the amount of time
needed to write the notes.
The interactions require students to use the notes and process the information.
Notes
Interaction
Origins of Life
-1-
Draw an example of abiogenesis inside the
circle with the clash through it!
spontaneous generation – the idea that
_________________________material can
produce ________________; also known as
_________________________
This idea was ______________________ by
Francesco Redi, an Italian physician, in 1668,
for large organisms, but the microscope was
just beginning to be used at that time and other
scientists thought that
_________________________________ were
so numerous that they must arise
spontaneously – probably from a “vital force” in
the air.
Draw Redi’s Experiment (briefly)
In the mid-1800’s, Louis Pasteur
_____________________________ the
concept of spontaneous generation in
microorganisms
What other major contribution did Pasteur
make to science? (Hint: we are benefactors of
it each day!)
Scientists accept the theory of
____________________________- that life
comes from life, but that does not answer the
question “__________ did ______________
_______________ on earth?”
Cindy Rudolph - Hopewell High School - Huntersville, NC
218
Teaching for Excellence: Science
Draw an example of biogenesis.
INTERACTIVE NOTES - ORIGINS OF LIFE CONTINUED
Notes
Interaction
In 1953, ___________________ and
________________ (Americans) showed that
under the conditions of early earth, small
organic molecules such as amino acids could
form.
-2-
What is the name of the molecule that we need
to live? Was this molecule found on early
earth?
Draw or describe what you think early earth
looked like?
______________________________ Theory
x proposed by Lynn Margulis in the 1960s
x idea that _________________________
evolved through a symbiotic relationship
between ancient
___________________________
Draw a picture of the first living cell on earth!
Would this cell be prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
Require complete sentences to encourage complete thoughts for faster, increased learning.
Chapter 11 - From Interaction to Engagement
219