S7L5: EVOLUTION This has to be the easiest, most simple standard out there because it's pretty much self-explanatory. Organisms that adapted to their environment gradually earned changes in the structure of their bodies over millions of years! Scientists have made conclusions on earlier forms of very common organisms such as the whale, and the horse.
AND WHO CAME UP WITH THAT?? (S7L5a. & c.)
Charles Darwin, a scientist who studied earlier life forms came up with the theory of evolution based on the evidence he discovered. Darwin found fossils, or old exoskeleton's of organisms in mostly sedimentary rocks. Because of this evidence Darwin started to use the fossils in experiments to compare them to the modern animals of today. He then noticed that animals evolved to help adapt to their environment. Darwin tested this theory with Manchester peppered moths. These moth's where originally white, but started to evolve into a darker species, because the lighter species was being devoured by predators that noticed them. These
moth's started to die off, and the few that survived gradually evolved into darker moth's where they can blend into trees avoiding predators.
NATURAL EVOLUTION WHAAA??
Natural selection is one of the main reasons for evolution. Usually when a species evolves the old version of that species gradually die off, which is natural selection. So basically, natural selection is when a species dies off from a certain ailment, and evolves into a different form, while the previous form faces extinction. Wow, those were some really big words, I didn't even get what I was typing!!
S7L4: ADAPTATION OKAY SO THIS IS A REALLY HUGE standard so it's probably gonna be my longest one. But of course, I will do the standard and all the elements, (If only they were shorter...). So let's get the basics in check. Adaptation is when an organism tries to become custom to it's environment. Usually, when this happens it is more of 'survival of the fittest'. All organisms are trying their best to provide food and shelter to themselves. A phrase for this is 'Eat or be eaten'. This introduction is pretty much S7L4c. because it explains how an animal needs to adapt to the environment if they would like to survive.
WHAT THE HECK IS A FOOD WEB??? (S7L4a/b)
OK, for starters, it has nothing to do with an actual spider web or Charlotte's web. You don't know how many times I've been asked that question. But back to the point, a food web is a diagram that shows how animals get their energy in a certain environment. For example, if I were a hippo, and I saw some grass on the ground, I would eat that sucker without any regrets. But then I am somehow mauled by a lion. And then the lion dies from some mysterious disease and makes one vulture's day. That is an example of a food web because all the organisms are getting the energy from somewhere. The grass is getting it's
energy from the sun, (which gives energy to all organisms), I get my energy from the grass, A lion gets it's energy from me, and finally a vulture gets it's energy from a dead lion.
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GET THIS SUCKER OFF OF ME!! (S7L4d.)
Some animals are NOT friends. That's where relationships come in. There are symbiosis such as: Mutualism- That's when these guys are friends and help each other out..
Commensalism- Where nobody really cares about each other.
Parasitism- Where one guy mooches off of the other sucker. Predation- Where one guy is hunting the other guy DOWN!! These relationship's are how animals see each other in the environment where they live in. That's is how some animals adapt to their environment and thrive there! MC Biome Song (S7L4e.)
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PART 4 ENDING....
S7L3: HEREDITY We are going to learn what makes you special. Have you ever heard the term 'It's in your genes'?? Well it's true!!! Heredity is the study of traits that are passed down through generations. The main helpers are genes, but don't forget to shoutout your traits, alleles and chromosomes. They all play a major role in how you will relate to your parents.
HOW DID I GET THAT??? (S7L2a. & b)
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Gregor Mendel was a scientist who asked himself the same question. He did an experiment with peas to determine how some characteristics were passed on from generations. He took a green pea plant and a yellow pea plant and crossed them. The first generation offspring was ALL green. He tried it again and the second generation was ALL green and one yellow. This led to the theory of dominant and recessive traits. Dominant traits always overpowered recessive traits. Recessive traits 'stayed on the sidelines' and barely showed up in offspring. He noticed that usually when organisms are producing sexually, the father tends to have the dominant traits. This is different with asexual reproduction because there is no cross. To determine the outcome of the traits, Mendel created the Punnett Square. In this square he would put the dominant organism (BB), on one side and the recessive (bb), on the other. That is when theories like selective breeding and genetic engineering were created.
SELECTIVE BREEDING COMIC (S7L3C.)
PART 3 END.....
Monday, April 21, 2014
S7L2: CELLS
CELLS ARE THE BUILDING BLOCK OF LIFE TO ALL THINGS IN THE WORLD. THEY MAY BE SMALL BUT THEY ARE THE #1 REASON YOU ARE ALIVE!! IF YOU THINK YOUR ORGANS MADE THE CUT, ASK WHO MADE THE ORGAN!! WE ARE GOING TO COVER EVERYTHING ABOUT CELLS FROM HEAD TO TOE, SO FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS, AND GET READY TO ROLL!!! LETS WATCH A SHORT VIDEO MADE BY JAZZYJAZ53!!! WHAT DO CELLS DO???
PERFORM BASIC FUNCTIONS
BUILD UP ALL MATTER
CREATE TISSUES WHICH HELP FORM ORGANS
ORGANS THEN TURN INTO ORGAN SYSTEMS
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF CELLS???
PROKARYOTIC
EUKARYOTIC
AND.....
ANIMAL
PLANT
DEFINITIONS....
PROKARYOTIC- A CELL WITH NO NUCLEUS
EUKARYOTIC-A CELL WITH A NUCLEUS
AND....
ANIMAL CELL- A CELL THAT IS MOSTLY FOUND IN ANIMALS AND CANNOT MAKE ITS OWN FOOD
PLANT CELL- A CELL THAT IS ONLY FOUND IN PLANTS AND CAN MAKE ITS OWN FOOD
CELL STORY!!! (ALL S7L2 ELEMENTS)
This story is all about two siblings who were cells. Their names were IceJJfish and Jasmine, who were connected by the hip. Jasmine and IceJJfish were constantly arguing. They were arguing about who would go on to become a tissue first, and then an organ, and then an organ system, and then an organism. They were ALWAYS arguing about trash like that. Every Saturday they had do their chores by performing functions.They went from creating proteins with ribosomes to using their mitochondria as "powerhouses" to making chemical reactions with their cytoplasm and having the nucleus give them the instructions to do it all. That Saturday morning, Jasmine had finished all her chores and was now starting to use her chloroplast to make food. IceJJfish however did his chores horribly and didn't do the final chore. "Hey! You didn't use your chloroplast to make sugar!!" Jasmine complained. IceJJfish retaliated "I'm not that type of guy I'll let you know!!", Jasmine groaned "You're a plant cell fish don't lie!!". IceJJfish requested a type check so they went to doctor organ. They had a test and IceJJfish was correct. He was an animal cell while Jasmine was a plant cell. Jasmine was stunned. " That doesn't mean that we have to stop our basic functions like food, waste removal, and oxygen.." said IceJJfish trying his best to cheer her up. She only told him that it wasn't the same, so they had to go their separate ways. Once they were both tissues they split up and found new friends. They soon all joined up to form the human body. They were a lot, and they had ALL evolved to become organ systems such as the: Digestive, Muscular, Skeletal, Excretory, Endocrine, Integumentary, and Respiratory systems. The two most important of them all, IceJJfish and Jasmine, reunited to form the two most needed system such as the cardiovascular and nervous systems. They all work together to perform basic functions. They all lived happily together, to create Julian!!! Moral: Even though you may be different you will need each other. Here is a short video about organ systems:
Welcome to
JULIAN’S BLOG!!!!!!! Here is where you will find EVERY thing about life
science! But first, you must pass the test!! It’s EASY, just don’t look down!!
You rebel,
you’re straight!!! Now study these….
Co-Requisite –
Content
S7L1. Students
will investigate the diversity of living organisms and how they can be compared
scientifically.
a. Demonstrate
the process for the development of a dichotomous key.
b. Classify
organisms based on physical characteristics using a dichotomous key of the six
kingdom system (archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and
animals).
S7L2. Students
will describe the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs, and organ
systems.
a. Explain that
cells take in nutrients in order to grow and divide and to make needed
materials.
b. Relate cell
structures (cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, and mitochondria)
to basic cell functions.
c. Explain that
cells are organized into tissues, tissues into organs, organs into systems, and
systems into organisms.
d. Explain that
tissues, organs, and organ systems serve the needs cells have for oxygen, food,
and waste removal.
e. Explain the
purpose of the major organ systems in the human body (i.e., digestion, respiration,
reproduction, circulation, excretion, movement, control, and coordination, and
for protection from disease).
S7L3. Students
will recognize how biological traits are passed on to successive generations.
a. Explain the
role of genes and chromosomes in the process of inheriting a specific trait.
b. Compare and
contrast that organisms reproduce asexually and sexually (bacteria, protists,
fungi, plants & animals).
c. Recognize
that selective breeding can produce plants or animals with desired traits.
S7L4. Students
will examine the dependence of organisms on one another and their environments.
a. Demonstrate
in a food web that matter is transferred from one organism to another and can
recycle between organisms and their environments.
b. Explain in a
food web that sunlight is the source of energy and that this energy moves from
organism to organism.
c. Recognize
that changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of both
individuals and entire species.
d. Categorize
relationships between organisms that are competitive or mutually beneficial.
e. Describe the
characteristics of Earth’s major terrestrial biomes (i.e. tropical rain forest, Savannah, temperate, desert, taiga, tundra, and mountain) and aquatic
communities (i.e. freshwater, estuaries, and marine).
S7L5. Students
will examine the evolution of living organisms through inherited
characteristics that promote survival of organisms and the survival of
successive generations of their offspring.
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a. Explain that
physical characteristics of organisms have changed over successive generations
(e.g. Darwin’s finches and peppered moths of Manchester).
b. Describe ways
in which species on earth have evolved due to natural selection.
c. Trace
evidence that the fossil record found in sedimentary rock provides evidence for
the long history of changing life forms.
LIFE SCIENCE:
Life science is
the study of all things… and we have five standards about it! The main
categories are adaptation, Habitat, Relationships, and the human body. We will
learn all of these standards using a fun survival game called Minecraft, but
first let’s watch a short video about life science.
Made by Frank Gregorio
LIVING AND
NONLIVING (S7L1):
S7L1 is all
about the difference between living and non living beings. For instance, we human beings are living, while the computer I am typing on right now is not. In minecraft, an example would be Steve, the main character, and a non-living being would be the wood used to make houses. For example in this picture, the horses are living unlike the saddle that has been placed on top of the gray horse. Now I'm sure you guys should get the point by now, so let's watch a video I took from YouTube made by jazzyjaz53 on the topic that we JUST WENT OVER!! CLASSIFICATION RAP: (PARODY OF YAYO-YO-GOTTI) THIS COVERS STANDARD(S): S7L1A, S7L1B, AND S7L1C (CHORUS) REPEAT X3 AYEE! CLASSES! (CLASSES!) WE HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSES!! (CLASSES!) WE USE A DICHOTOMOUS KEY TO SHOW OUR DIFFERENT CLASSES!! (CLASSES!)
WE HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSES TO SHOW OUR DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS! WE ARE PUT IN CLASSES TO SHOW OUR MANY DIFFERENCES!! (VERSE 1) AYEEE! CLASSES!! (CLASSES!) YEA, I JUST SAID CLASSES!!! (CLASSES!) WE HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSES TO SHOW OUR MANY CHARACTERISTICS!! (-RISTICS!!) AND THAT'S HOW WE ARE PUT IN GROUPS BECAUSE OUR DIFFERENT PARTS YEA! (PARTS YEA!)
AND THAT'S WHERE A DICHOTOMOUS KEY COMES IN THE RAP YEA! (RAP YEA!)
(CHORUS) REPEAT X2 AYEE! CLASSES! (CLASSES!) WE HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSES!! (CLASSES!) WE USE A DICHOTOMOUS KEY TO SHOW OUR DIFFERENT CLASSES!! (CLASSES!)
WE HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSES TO SHOW OUR DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS! WE ARE PUT IN CLASSES TO SHOW OUR MANY DIFFERENCES!! (VERSE 2) WE USE A DICHOTOMOUS KEY TO POINT OUT DIFFERENT ANIMALS! (ANIMALS!) AND THEN YOU HAVE TO POINT THEM USING ALL THE CLUES YOU GOT YO!! (GOT YO!!) YOU NEED THEM TO POINT OUT THE ANIMALS THAT ARE IN THE MAZE YO!!! (CHORUS) REPEAT X2
AYEE! CLASSES! (CLASSES!) WE HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSES!! (CLASSES!) WE USE A DICHOTOMOUS KEY TO SHOW OUR DIFFERENT CLASSES!! (CLASSES!)
WE HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSES TO SHOW OUR DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS! WE ARE PUT IN CLASSES TO SHOW OUR MANY DIFFERENCES!! (VERSE 3-FINAL VERSE) ALL I KNOW IS CLASSES!! (CLASSES!!) AND DICHOTOMOUS KEY YO!! (KEY YO!!) ALL I KNOW IS CLASSES!! (CLASSES!!) AND DICHOTOMOUS KEY YO!! (KEY YO!!!) (FINAL CHORUS) REPEAT X1 AYEE! CLASSES! (CLASSES!) WE HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSES!! (CLASSES!) WE USE A DICHOTOMOUS KEY TO SHOW OUR DIFFERENT CLASSES!! (CLASSES!)
WE HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSES TO SHOW OUR DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS! WE ARE PUT IN CLASSES TO SHOW OUR MANY DIFFERENCES!!
FADE TO BLACK..... Here is the song beat mp3 file... IGNORE THE FACE!
This has to be the easiest, most simple standard out there because it's pretty much self-explanatory. Organisms that adapted to their environment gradually earned changes in the structure of their bodies over millions of years! Scientists have made conclusions on earlier forms of very common organisms such as the whale, and the horse. 
Charles Darwin, a scientist who studied earlier life forms came up with the theory of evolution based on the evidence he discovered. Darwin found fossils, or old exoskeleton's of organisms in mostly sedimentary rocks. Because of this evidence Darwin started to use the fossils in experiments to compare them to the modern animals of today. He then noticed that animals evolved to help adapt to their environment. Darwin tested this theory with Manchester peppered moths. These moth's where originally white, but started to evolve into a darker species, because the lighter species was being devoured by predators that noticed them. These
Natural selection is one of the main reasons for evolution. Usually when a species evolves the old version of that species gradually die off, which is natural selection. So basically, natural selection is when a species dies off from a certain ailment, and evolves into a different form, while the previous form faces extinction. Wow, those were some really big words, I didn't even get what I was typing!! 
