<p>Biology/Ms. Mezzetti</p><p>Performance  Identify the characteristics of life Materials Needed:  Create a poster making analogies for each characteristic Objectives:  Work cooperative with a partner and in a team  Activity directions and rubric SWBAT:  Explain their analogies and why they feel each analogy  Poster paper represents the characteristic  Scissors  Magazines  Glue stick  Markers Language Define: analogy; give an example of an analogy  Colored pencils Objectives</p><p>Warm-up What determines if something is living or non-living?</p><p>Procedure 1. Review warm up question 2. Video: Characteristics of Life 3. Brainstorm characteristics of life together with class 4. Notes: Chapter 1 PPT-Themes of biology and the characteristics of life-GRROUCH 5. Activity: Read directions to class; show where materials are 6. Explain class procedures-return all materials, clean tables and put stools under benches before returning to their seats. 7. Students work in pairs and in teams at the lab benches.</p><p>8. Visit each table and help students who struggle with the task and finding analogies for each of the characteristics.</p><p>Assessment/ Each pair of students explain their analogies to the other pair of Other Resources students at the tables and to the class if time. Wrap up Textbook: Modern Biology 2002</p><p>Independent Read Modern Biology Chapter 1-2: Characteristics of Life Learning/ Homework Summary Students work in partners and teams producing a poster that depicts Additional Notes: the 7 characteristics of life.</p><p>Instruction September 7-14, 2012 Date</p>