Concepts and challenges in life science
Series: Concepts and Challenges.
Grades: 7 8
ENC#: ENC-018484
Edition: Revised third edition.
Publisher: Globe Fearon Educational Publisher
Date: 1998
Ordering Information
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Subjects:
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Adaptations. Anatomy. Animals. Biological Classification. Ecology. Human body. Immune system. Life Science. Plants. Reproduction. Skeletal system. |
Resource Type:
Lessons and activities; Teacher guides; Textbooks.
 Languages:
English; Spanish.
Abstract:
This curriculum package, developed for grades 7 and 8 as part of the CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES series, covers topics in life science and shows how each topic relates to daily life. The package includes a student's text, a laboratory program, and a teacher's resource book. The student's text features a two page lesson format that provides content in short, manageable pieces. The left hand Concept page presents a statement of objectives for each lesson, easy reading paragraphs, and a comprehension question for understanding. The right hand Challenge page presents a lesson summary, a comprehension check, and activities that are designed to help students make real life connections. Also featured is a Technology and Society section that contains new topics to capture students' interest and reflect the latest technological advances in science.
This text is divided into 19 units that explore needs of living things, the balance in an ecosystem, and the history of classification systems, in addition to animals without backbones, the defense systems of the human body, and the stages of the human life cycle. In a sample unit on Health and Disease, students learn about the differences between natural immunity and acquired immunity, the causes of different types of diseases, and the effect of cancer on the body. In a sample activity, students test the effectiveness of four different mouthwashes against bacterial growth. Students also learn about microsurgery techniques, hydroponics, and major drawbacks of bone marrow transplants. The text is supported by colorful illustrations and photographs with extended captions.
The laboratory program provides formal labs correlated to main lesson concepts. The teacher's resource book includes a variety of teaching aids, including review worksheets for each lesson, vocabulary review worksheets, and enrichment worksheets that are designed to extend concepts presented in the text. It also provides a comprehensive Evaluation Program that includes unit tests, mid term examinations, and final examinations for each unit. (Author/YK)
Table of Contents:
[Student text:]
Unit 1. Scientific methods and skills
What is life science?
What are science skills?
What is scientific method?
What is an experiment?
What is the metric system?
How do you measure using the metric system?
What is a microscope?
What are the parts of a microscope?
Unit 1 challenges
Unit 2. Needs of living things
What are living things?
What are adaptations?
What are responses?
Where do living things come from?
How does life continue on the earth?
What are life processes?
What are the needs of organisms?
Unit 2 challenges
Unit 3. Ecology
What is ecology?
What is an ecosystem?
What are habitats and niches?
What are limiting factors?
What cycles take place in nature?
What are producers and consumers?
What are food chains, webs, and pyramids?
What is succession?
What are biomes?
What are natural resources?
What is balance in an ecosystem?
Unit 3 challenges
Unit 4. Cells, tissues, and organs
What are cells?
What are the main cell parts?
What are other cell parts?
How do plant and animal cells differ?
What is diffusion?
How do cells produce new cells?
Why do cells have different shapes?
What are tissues?
What are organs and organ systems?
Unit 4 challenges
Unit 5. Classification
What is classification?
How are living things classified?
What are the five kingdoms?
Are viruses living?
How are plants classified?
How are animals classified?
Unit 5 challenges
Unit 6. Simple organisms
What are bacteria?
How are bacteria helpful and harmful?
What are protists?
What are algae?
What are fungi?
How do yeasts and molds reproduce?
Unit 6 challenges
Unit 7. Plants
Why are plants important?
What are spore plants?
What are ferns?
What are gymnosperms?
What are angiosperms?
Unit 7 challenges
Unit 8. Plant structure and function
What are roots?
What are stems?
What are leaves?
What is photosynthesis?
What are flowers?
How do flowering plants reproduce?
What are seeds and fruits?
What are the parts of a seed?
How do plants reproduce asexually?
What are tropisms?
Unit 8 challenges
Unit 9. Animals without backbones
What are sponges?
What are cnidarians?
What are flatworms?
What are segmented worms?
What are mollusks?
What are arthropods?
What are insects?
How do insects develop?
What are echinoderms?
What is regeneration?
Unit 9 challenges
Unit 10. Animals with backbones
What are chordates?
What are fishes?
What are amphibians?
How do frogs develop?
What are reptiles?
What are birds?
What are mammals?
How do animal embryos develop?
Unit 10 challenges
Unit 11. Nutrition and digestion
What are nutrients?
Why are proteins important?
Why are vitamins important?
Why are minerals important?
What is a balanced diet?
How do living thing get energy?
What is the digestive system?
What is digestion?
What happens to food in the stomach?
What happens to food in the small intestine?
How is food absorbed by the body?
Unit 11 challenges
Unit 12. Support and movement
What is the skeletal system?
What are bones?
How do joints work?
What is the muscular system?
What are the kinds of muscles?
What is skin?
Unit 12 challenges
Unit 13. Transport
What are the parts of the heart?
What are blood vessels?
What is blood?
What is circulation?
What happens to blood as it circulates?
Unit 13 challenges
Unit 14. Respiration and excretion
What is the respiratory system?
What are breathing and respiration?
What happens to air before it reaches the lungs?
How does oxygen get into the blood?
What is excretion?
How does the skin remove wastes?
How do the kidneys work?
Unit 14 challenges
Unit 15. Regulation and behavior
What is the nervous system?
What are the parts of the brain?
What are reflexes?
What are sense organs
How do you see?
How do you hear?
What is the endocrine system?
What are hormones?
What is behavior?
How do you learn?
Unit 15 challenges
Unit 16. Health and disease
How does the body fight disease?
What is immunity?
What are some bacterial and viral diseases?
What are antibiotics?
What is heart disease?
What is cancer?
What is AIDS?
How do some drugs affect the body?
How does alcohol affect the body?
How does tobacco affect the body?
Unit 16 challenges
Unit 17. Reproduction and development
What is meiosis?
What are the parts of the female reproductive system?
What are the parts of the male reproductive system?
What is menstruation?
How does fertilization take place?
How does a human embryo develop?
What are the stages of human development?
Unit 17 challenges
Unit 18. Heredity and genetics
What is heredity?
What are genes and chromosomes?
How do chromosomes carry traits?
Why can offspring differ from their parents?
How do genes combine in offspring?
How are traits blended?
How is sex determined?
What are sex-linked traits?
What are some inherited diseases?
Can the environment affect inherited traits?
How is genetics used to improve living things?
What is genetic engineering?
Unit 18 challenges
Unit 19. Change through time
How are fossils formed?
What is geologic time?
What is evolution?
What is natural selection?
What evidence supports evolution?
How have humans changed through time?
Unit 19 challenges
Appendices
Glossary
Index
[Annotated lab program:]
Reading skills and laboratory procedures
Guidelines for safety
Using the laboratory skills worksheets
Comprehensive skills matrix
Materials list
Suppliers names and addresses
Safety in the science laboratory
Laboratory skills worksheet 1
Life science equipment and apparatus
Laboratory skills worksheets 2-6
How are volume and density measured?
How is temperature measured?
How is a microscope used?
Why do living things need air?
What is an ecosystem?
How can you estimate the size of a population of organisms from a sample?
How can a factor of the environment affect growth?
What are living things made of?
How do cells produce new cells?
How do cells works together?
How do tissues work together?
How can dichotomous keys be used to classify organisms?
How can bacteria be studied?
What can you find in a drop of pond water?
How do yeast cells reproduce?
How do moisture and light affect moss growth?
What is the structure of a fern frond?
How do green plants obtain the materials needed for photosynthesis?
Are light and chlorophyll needed for photosynthesis?
What are the parts of a flower?
What are fruits and seeds?
How do green plants reproduce asexually?
How can the age of a clam be determined?
How is body structure used to classify arthropods?
How do insects develop?
What can be learned about a fish from its scales?
What are the parts of a feather?
How can you test foods for some nutrients?
What happens to food in your mouth?
How is milk digested?
What are the parts of a bone?
How do muscles make your body move?
How does the heart move blood through the body?
What is blood made up of?
How do you breathe?
How is air exchanged in the lungs?
What are reflexes?
How do the senses of smell and taste work together?
How does the eye work?
What are habits?
How effective are antiseptics against bacteria?
How can an infection be spread?
What substances are produced when tobacco is burned?
What changes take place during childbirth?
How are inherited traits distributed?
How are traits blended?
How is sex inherited?
How do scientists learn about people of the past?
[Teacher's resource book:]
Answer keys
Lesson and TechTerm review worksheets
Enrichment worksheets
Evaluation program
Foreign language supplement: Spanish
Pricing Information:
 | Description: 1 teacher's resource book (loose-leaf) | Cost: $154.95 | ISBN: 978-0-835-92254-8 | | Description: 1 annotated labarotary program (paperback) | Cost: $22.95 | ISBN: 978-0-835-92251-7 | | Description: 1 student text (hardbound) | Cost: $45.95 | ISBN: 978-0-835-92240-1 | |
Publisher:
Globe Fearon Educational Publisher Notes:
Terms governing use and reproduction: Permission is hereby granted to reproduce materials in the teacher's resource book for noncommercial classroom use. Contributor(s):
| Authors: Martin Schachter; Alan Winkler; Leonard Bernstein; Stanley Wolfe. |
Specifications:
1 student text (416 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.)
1 annotated lab program (approximately 150 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.)
1 teacher's resource book (approximately 410 pages, loose-leaf : illustrations ; 30 cm.)
Record Created: 12/18/2000 Last Modified: 06/17/2005
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