EARTH AND LIFE
SCIENCE
MS. JOIE MONREAL
SUBJECT TEACHER
INTRODUCTION
TO LIFE
SCIENCE
Activity 1: My life in a timeline
The students will make a timeline of their life from the day they were born up to present. They will be given 5 minutes to do it on a piece of
paper.
Some of the students will be called randomly to present the Life Timeline that they made.
Activity 2: Picture analysis
Process Questions:
What have you noticed from the given pictures?
What could be the meaning of these similarities?
L IVING ORGANISM
LIFE SCIENCE
Life Science is a collection of disciplines that is made up of
theories and principles that tackles the structure and function of
living things starting from the molecular level up to the entire
ecosystem.
This field advances our Knowledge about the anatomy, cell
biology and physiology of all living things on Earth.
BIOLOGY
DEFINED AS THE SCIENCE OF LIFE AND LIVING
ORGANISMS/STUDY OF LIFE
CAME FROM THE GREEK WORDS
“BIOS” WHICH MEANS LIFE
“LOGOS” WHICH MEANS STUDY
BRANCHES OF LIFE SCIENCE
Zoology
Botany
Microbiology
Activity 3
Students will be grouped into 4 and asked to do a concept map
about the different characteristics of living things. 10 minutes
CHARACTERISTICS OF
LIVING THINGS
All Living things are made up of living cells
Living things grow and develop
Living things responds to stimuli
Living things adapts to its environment
Living things reproduce
Living things use energy to survive
ALL LIVING THINGS ARE MADE
UP OF LIVING CELLS
LIVING THINGS GROW AND
DEVELOP
Organisms grow and develop following specific
instructions coded for by their genes.
These genes provide instructions that will direct
cellular growth and development, ensuring that a
species’ young will grow up to exhibit many of the
same characteristics as its parents.
LIVING THINGS RESPOND
TO STIMULI
Organisms respond to diverse stimuli. For
example, plants can bend toward a source
of light, climb on fences and walls, or
respond to touch
STIMULI
Anything that makes an
organism or a part of an
organism react in some way.
LIVING THINGS ADAPTS TO
ITS ENVIRONMENT
Organisms are able to maintain internal
conditions within a narrow range almost
constantly, despite environmental
changes, through homeostasis (literally,
“steady state”)—
ADAPTATION
LIVING THINGS REPRODUCE
When reproduction occurs, genes
containing DNA are passed along to an
organism’s offspring. These genes ensure
that the offspring will belong to the same
species and will have similar
characteristics, such as size and shape.
LIVINGG THINGS USES
ENERGY TO SURVIVE
All organisms use a source of energy for their
metabolic activities.
Some organisms capture energy from the sun and
convert it into chemical energy in food
(photosynthesis);
others use chemical energy in molecules they take
in as food (cellular respiration).
Among the different
characteristics of life, which
do you think is the most
important?
Process Questions:
1. What is Life Science?
2. Enumerate and explain the different
characteristics of living things?
True or False: Write T if the statement suggests
truth about the living things and if false write F.
______1. All living things are made up of cells.
______2. Living things cannot adapt to it’s environment.
______3. Living things does not always react to stimuli.
______4. Living things only reproduce through sexual reproduction.
______5. Evolution of man is an example of living thing’s adaptation to it’s environment.
______6. Living things can survive even without the use of energy.
______7. Living things follow their DNA during growth and development.
______8. Photosythesis is an example of adaptation.
______9. Stimuli is anything that makes an organism or a part of an organism react in some way.
______10.Organisms grow and develop following specific instructions coded for by their genes.
Biological Level of
Organization
Is the hierarchy of complex
biological structures and systems
that define life using a
reductionistic approach
ATOMS
MOLECULE
S
ORGANELLE
S
CELL
BIOLOGICAL TISSUES
ORGAN
LEVEL OF
ORGANIZATION
ORGAN
SYSTEM
POPULATIO
N
COMMUNITY
ECOSYSTE
BIOSPHER M
E
• . It is the smallest unit in which matter
ATOM
can be divided
MOLECUL • Is an electrically neutral group of two or more
ES atoms held together by chemical bonds
ORGANELLE
S
• These are the functional units of a cell.
ORGANELLES
BASIC UNIT OF LIFE
CELL
• Collection of similar cells and that come together carry out a
specific function.
TISSUE
• formed by the functional grouping
together of multiple tissues.
ORGAN
ORGAN
• group of organs that work together to SYSTE
perform a certain function in an
organism's body M
ORGANIS
• Composed of a group of organ system that works
together to help sustain life M
CELL
ORGANISMS
• Composed of a group of organ system that works together to help sustain life
ORGANISM
• A group of the same kinds of organisms
POPULATION
• A group of different kinds of
population
COMMUNITY
ECOSYSTEM
• A group of different kinds of
community
BIOSPHER
• A group of different ecosystems interacting with one
another E
POPULATION
COMMUNITY
ECOSYSTEM
BIOSPHERE
THANK
YOU!!!