Unit 2: 1.2 Life Structure and Function; Body Systems

1. How does the organization of cells support life functions in multicellular organisms?
2. How are structure and support provided in multicellular organisms?
3. How do organisms obtain energy and remove waste?
4. How are materials transported in multicellular organisms?
5. How do multicellular organisms control life functions and process information?

1. Students will explore and model how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells, with the understanding that cells are organized into tissues, organs, and organ systems to work together to carry out specific tasks in multicellular organisms.
2. Students explore how different systems interact to enable structural and supportive body functions how these interacting subsystems enable movement, and support or refute that the body could not function without the support of the skeletal system.
3. Students explore the structure and function of the digestive system and how it interacts with other systems, including the excretory system.
4. Students will explore how plants obtain energy, supporting or refuting the claim that plants and animals obtain energy in the same way.
5. Students explore the vascular system of plants and the respiratory and circulatory systems of animals, with the understanding how these interacting subsystems work together to move materials and argue in support of the blood's role in breathing.
6. Students explore the nervous system and sense receptors.
7. Students obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the structure and function of sense receptors and learn how stimuli cause a response in plants.

Formative and Summative Assessments