• Essential Questions

    To better understand Cell & Body Systems

  • What makes something count as living?

  • How do scientists classify something as living or nonliving?

  • How do body systems interact when we exercise?

  • How can I use a model to show unobservable things?

  • How can we use a model to represent a system with many parts?

  • How do I use a CER structure to write a convincing argument?

Priority Standards & Supporting Standards

LS1-1: Cells Investigation

LS1-2: Cell Model (MOD)

LS1-3: Body Systems (EVI)

Priority SEPs and Supporting SEPs

  • Conducting investigations

  • Develop and use a model

  • Construct an evidence-based argument

Priority CCCs and Supporting CCCs

  • Scale, proportion, and quantity

  • Structure and function
    Systems