Living Things

Salamander class is starting their new, much more difficult Science book 3. Lesson 1 is on Living and Non-Living things.

Vocabulary: Vocabulary Game

1. Characteristics- a quality of something (特色，特點，特徵)

Ex: Unfortunately a big nose is a family charcateristic.

不幸的是，大鼻子是家族特徵。

2. Organism-a single living plant, animal or virus  (生物體；有機體；微生物)

Ex: Amoebae and bacteria are single-celled organisms.

變形蟲和細菌是單細胞生物。

3. Respond-a reaction to something

回答，作答；回應，作出反應

Ex: He responded by marching off and slamming the door behind him.

他的反應是大步走出房間，狠狠甩上了門。

4. Reproduce - when living things make babies, or young

生殖；生育；繁殖             

Ex. Some creatures were better at surviving and reproducing themselves than others.

有些生物的生存和繁殖能力比其他生物強。

5. Environment- the air, water, land, space where animals, plants and people live

自然環境           

Ex: We're not doing enough to protect the environment from pollution.

我們在防治污染保護環境方面做得還不夠。

6. oxygen- a colorless gas making up most of the Earth's air, needed by living things to live

氧，氧氣

7. Cell- the smallest part of a living organism

細胞

Lesson Review click here (with audio)

I. Vocabulary Matching

1. characteristic                       a. when living things make their young

2. organism                               b. react

3. respond                                c. smallest part of organism

4. reproduce                             d. invisible gas that makes up Earth’s air

5. environment                          e. a living animal, plant or virus

6. oxygen                                  f. trait, quality of something

7. cell                                       g. the air, water, land space where animals,

                                                people, plants live

II. Fill in the blank using your vocabulary.

1. We can look at an onion’s ________ under a microscope.

2. A scuba diver has tanks of _________ to breathe under water.

3. Their family _________________ was they all are really tall.

4. We all need to take care of our ________________ by recycling and not using so much plastic.

5. Tigers can ____________ better than lions in zoos.

III. Circle T for True and F for False.

1. Rocks, soil and water are living things. T/F

2. To grow means to change with age. T/F

3. All living things are full of water. T/F

4. Plant make their own food using energy from moon light. T/F

5. You need a telescope to look at cells. T/F

IV. Writing (pg. 27). Pretend you are a bird. What would you need to live? Research about birds, write a small story about your life as a bird.

I am a _____________ bird. I was born in a _________ in a

(kind of bird)                                                      (kind of environment)

__________ environment…__________________________

Bird Resources:
http://www.kidsbiology.com/

Owls: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/owl.html
http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season12/owls/facts.cfm

Ostriches
http://www.ducksters.com/animals/ostrich.php
http://kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals/birds/ostrich

Spoonbill
http://www.wild-facts.com/tag/spoonbill-facts/
http://www.kidsbiology.com/animals-for-children.php?animal=Roseate%20Spoonbill

V. The Food Pyramid (pg. 27)

Watch a video on the Food Pyramid and fill in the spaces of the pyramid worksheet. This is a video based on the old USDA Pyramid, not the more recently revised "My Plate." There is a lot of controversy on the USDA pyramids, but for simplicity's sake, I will stick to the original.