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The Living Systems Module consists of three sequential investigations,
each designed to introduce students to transport systems in multicellular
organisms. Students use readings, videos, and investigations to study
the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, and excretory systems in humans
and the vascular system in plants. They conduct and analyze controlled
experiments related to these systems and to the production of food by
plants.
Students will
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Learn that the basic unit of life is the cell. |
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Learn that all cells have basic needs—water, food,
gas exchange, and waste disposal. |
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Learn how materials are transported to cells in multicellular
organisms. |
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Learn the structures and functions of the circulatory,
respiratory, digestive, and excretory systems in humans. |
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Learn that vascular plants have specialized tissues
(xylem and phloem tubes) for the transport of water, minerals, and
sugar to cells. |
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Discover that leaves play an important role in the
transport of water to cells in vascular plants. |
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Learn that green plant cells make sugar from carbon
dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight, and release oxygen. |
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Learn that plant and animal cells obtain energy by
breaking down sugar into carbon dioxide and water (cellular respiration). |
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Classify leaves based on venation pattern. |
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Design, conduct, and analyze the results of experiments. |
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Write scientific reports. |
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Use metric tools and make and record quantitative
observations in a scientific investigation. |
Storyline
This graphic is intended to help teachers focus on the big idea of the unit,
and the concepts that help students understand the big idea. Note that each
lesson is matched with the concept it develops. Living
Systems Storyline 
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