Living Earth · Week 9 · Matter and Energy in Living Systems
Building Blocks of Life
Explaining how carbon from sugar becomes proteins and fats, and how small daily actions build larger goals.
- Students will
- Students explain how carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen from sugar are rearranged into amino acids, proteins, and fats, accounting for new mass.
- SEL skill
- Link a small daily action to a larger goal and plan the next step
- What it looks like
- Students build motivation by connecting small daily actions to larger goals.
- Content focus
- From sugar to proteins and fats
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions and behaviors on purpose so you can stay on track toward a goal. More self-management activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-LS1-6: High School Life Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP6 Constructing explanations and designing solutions
- Crosscutting concept: CCC5 Energy and matter
- Literacy in science: WHST.9-10.2 Write informative and explanatory texts, including scientific procedures and processes.
- Traditional course: Biology
Fits these textbook chapters
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More self-management activities for Living Earth
- Carrying Capacity and Limits Self-managementGraphing population growth up to a carrying capacity, then naming the limits on students' own energy and time.
- Breathing Out Energy Self-managementModeling cellular respiration and practicing slow breathing as a tool to steady the body before a test.
- Survival in the Heat Self-managementExplaining the adaptations of desert pupfish and naming the personal adaptations students use to handle stress.
- Probability of Traits Self-managementUsing Punnett squares and probability to predict traits while practicing calm when outcomes feel uncertain.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.