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Lesson 55 of 84 ยท Atomic Structure

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Classifying Living Things (Part 2)

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Atomic Structure.

๐ŸŽฏ Your mission

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

โšก The twist

If it bubbles, something invisible is escaping.

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Mind = Blown

๐Ÿงช If you could remove all the empty space from atoms, the entire human race would fit in a sugar cube.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: will the fizz be loud, soft, or none at all?

What You'll Learn

Living things are organized into levels: cells form tissues, tissues form organs, organs form organ systems, and organ systems make up a complete organism.

Key Words

  • metamorphosis
  • germination

Steps

Step 1 โ€” Read

Review the background information on Atomic Structure before starting.

Step 2 โ€” Do

Compare the skeletal structures of a bird wing, human arm, and whale flipper using diagrams. Identify homologous bones and write what this tells us about common ancestry.

Step 3 โ€” Observe

Note any unexpected results and think about why they happened.

Step 4 โ€” Record

Share your findings with the class or a partner and discuss what you learned.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What do all living things have in common?

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Where you see this in real life

This is happening in your kitchen right now โ€” every time food cooks.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find one ingredient in a snack and look up what it does.

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For the dinner table

โ€œWhat's something we cook that mixes things together this way?โ€

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