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Attached is the content overview of all of the subject units that will be taught throughout the year as required by the Denver Public School System. Please feel free to look through it and discover what your child will learn throughout the year.

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Title of Unit: Micro-Life Author: Mandie Eldridge Primary Subject: Secondary Life Science

 Grade Level: 7

 Introduction: This unit introduces the cell as the basic unit of life. Students will gain an understanding of cellular structure, function and its relation to the larger organism. At the end of this unit, students will be able to identify cellular structures as it relates to themselves and other larger organisms. This unit will teach them about

Unit Objectives (include 4 or 5):
 * Student will understand cellular structure, function and its relation to the larger organism
 * Student will be able to identify the following cellular structures: nucleus, cellular membrane, golgi aparatus, centrisomes, and ribosomes
 * Students will understand the difference between Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells
 * Students will be able to use a microscope
 * Students will understand how pathogenic diseases are spread and how antibiotics are used

Time Required: 3 Weeks

Below are the Lessons for this Unit of Instruction. Feel free to click on the links below to find out what your student will be doing during each lesson.

 Introduction to the Cell ||  Lesson 2 Eukaryotes VS Prokaryotes ||  Lesson 3 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Microscopes || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Lesson 4 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Osmosis || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Lesson 5 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Microbes || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> History of the Germ Theory || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Lesson 7 __<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Our Immune System __ || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Lesson 8 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Infectious Disease || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Lesson 9 __<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Beneficial Bacteria __ || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Lesson 10 __<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Antibiotic Resistance __ ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Lesson 1
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Lesson 6

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Below are 5 videos we will watch throughout the Micro-Life Unit:

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 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Inside the Cell - Video animation that explains how cells function and replicate.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Osmosis - A visual animation of how diffusion occurs through a membrane. Students will be able to visualize how the process occurs.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Pastuer's Germ Theory - A fun video animation that stars Louis Pastuer. In this video, he explains how he discovered the germ theory.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The Immune System - Gives an overview of how the immune system works. In this video, we are able to travel inside the human body to see how we protect ourselves from foreign invaders.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Flu Attack - This video explains how a flu virus is able to enter a cell and replicate.