Microscope Seven Item Challenge

 What seven items did you choose for your challenge?  Which did you find most interesting? 

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Your Experiment

 Write an idea for an experiment you could do at home or in the classroom. You should include, the subject of your experiment, control, dependent variable and independent variable. You may want to google some home experiments to get an idea. 

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Independent variable

 Two plants are growing on a windowsill. They are both at the same temperature and both get the same amount of sunlight and water. One plant is given fertilizer the other is not. What is the independent variable in this experiment?

 

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 What is a control in an experiment? Why is it important? 

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Intro to Microscope

 Name a type of microscope and two parts of a microscope. 

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Birds and Clouds

 A cloud and a bird have some traits in common. Write about what these have in common and why only one is a living thing. 

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What Defines Life?

 Jack says that someday A.I. may make it so robots could be defined as being alive. Damien disagrees saying that no matter the technology a robot could not meet the characteristics of life. Who do you think is right and why do you agree with that person?

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Biological Levels

What are the biological levels of life? 

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Investigating Life

What hypothesis did Stanley L. Miller and Harold Urey try to test? 

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Science Investigation

 What steps are needed to complete a science investigation? 

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Where does life come from?

 What is the difference between spontaneous generation and biogenesis? 

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Is it alive?

 Name a living thing, and give evidence that it is alive? 

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What Type of Cell is it?

 What are the two categories that cells can be divided into? 

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Could it be alive?

 What could fit some characteristics of life and not be alive? 

 

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Try this 1st grader quiz

Investigation

 If you wanted to see if something was made of cells and alive, what tools and materials would you need to set up your investigation. 

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Practice Quiz Cell Theory

Cell Theory

What are the three parts of cell theory? 

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Is it Alive?

 How do we know if something is alive?  

Please give one way we tell if something is living. 

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