GRADE 8 LIFE PROCESSES

At the conclusion of this unit you will understand that…

• Plants and animals depend on each other’s life processes for their own survival.

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Inquiring scientific minds will be able to answer these essential questions...

• How do chemical processes cycle energy from the sun through living things?
• How does the structure and function of a plant/animal allow it to obtain and transform energy?
• How do living organisms utilize water to function?
• Why do plants and animals need each other?
• How do plants get their food?
• How does water get from the roots to the top of the tree?
• How do the raw products of photosynthesis and respiration travel to where they are needed?

Key Scientific Concepts/Vocabulary…

photosynthesis	respiration	glucose	observation
inference	model	particle	atom
element	compound	molecule	electron
neutron	proton	starch	chlorophyll
stomata	diffusion	Impermeable	permeable
semi permeable	osmosis	diffusion	digestion

Young biologists will be able to….

• Accurately use microscopes
• Create a wet mount slide
• Identify microscopic structures
• Use indicators to test for the presence of various substances

• Create a correctly formatted lab report.