TEKS12C: recognize levels of organization in plants and animals, including cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms.

TEKS12F: recognize that according to cell theory all organisms are composed of cells, and cells carry on similar functions such as extracting energy from food to sustain life.

What Do Living Things Do?

“The Unknown Specimen”How do you identify a living

thing?

*In small groups, develop a list of characteristics if something is

living vs. non-living.

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Share your results in a graphic organizer form…

NOW, we will create a master list…

Add title “Characteristics of Life”

This unit will focus on identifying the function

and structure of the smallest unit of life, the

CELL.