Caguas Private School

CELLS AND LIFE

6th Grade
Miss.Castro
 OBJECTIVES
LIVING VS. NONLIVING

CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE

ARE VIRUSES LIVING THINGS?

MICROSCOPE : PARTS AND FUNCTION

First: Lets test
your knowledge
Select and explain your answer:
This assessment works as a pre-
evaluation of your knowledge,
related to the characteristic's of
living things.
AMOEBA WHAT IS AN AMOEBA?
That looks like
Is among the simples of all living organisms. a slime!

They belong to Protozoa: unicellular

eukaryote.
Are found in fresh/salt water and body parts.
Amoebas move by changing their shape.
(Pseudopod)
They use their pseudopods
as mouth.

Remember: Summarize the most

important things of the video, it can be
mentioned on the exam.
 AMOEBA
August Johann Rosel von Rosenholf: Amoeba has a holozoic mode of
- Discover Amoeba in 1757 nutrition
Amoeba=amoide =which means change - Bacteria
Some are parasitic in nature ( causing - Protist
harm) - Dead organic material
Amoeba can have more than two
nucleus. Ingest their food by phagocytosis
DRAW ON YOUR NOTEBOOK THE STRUCTURE OF THE AMOEBA
 Living things need:

WATER DEVELOPMENT FOOD

Basics of life Things grow Energy source
 Characteristics of life

Adaptation Metabolism Homeostasis

- Becomes fitted - Change food into - Self-regulating
- Changing for energy process
better
- Maintain stability
Irritability Reproduction Development
- Excitatory ability - Multiply - Progressive
- Respond - Production of changes in size
offspring
Assessment
#3
ANSWER:

Read carefully
Brainstorm the characteristics
Curiosity

EVALUATION:
I point each = 12pts
Answer the reasoning part
with a sentence.
VIRUSES
Is an infectious microorganism that
consist of a segment of nucleic
acid (DNA or DNA) surrounded by
a protein coat. WHAT
They cannot replicate itself:
Instead it must, infect cells and ARE
THEY?
use host cell components to make
copies of itself.

A virus often ends up killing the

host cell in the process, causing
damage to the host organism.
 Are viruses
living things?
What do you think?
Explain your answer
(4-5 sentences)
THE MICROSCOPE
 BASIC PARTS OF
THE MICROSCOPE
The microscope is the must
important instrument for
investigations, don't forget the
parts and function's .
 Tissue
Experiments Analysis

Microbial Atomic
Studies
APPLICATIONS Studies

Diagnostics Forensics
 Microscope Parts Microscope Parts Functions

Base Supports the microscope

Arm Used to carry the microscope

Platform where the slide with the specimen is

Stage
placed

Stage Clips Holds the slide in place on the stage

Eyepiece (containing ocular lens) Magnifies the image for the viewer

Contains the objective lenses; rotates to allow

Revolving nose piece the user to switch between different objective
lenses
 Contains the objective lenses; rotates to allow the user
Revolving nose piece
to switch between different objective lenses

Low-, medium-, and high-power lenses that further

Objective lenses
magnify the specimen at different intensities

Large knob used for focusing the image under low

Coarse adjustment knob
power (general focusing)

Smaller knob used for focusing the image with the

Fine adjustment knob
medium- and high-power objectives (fine-tuning)

Controls the amount of light that passes through the

Diaphragm
specimen

Light source Provides light for viewing the specimen

 Experiment #2
1. Search of samples in the school ponds
2. Observe the samples of water
3. Observe the onion cells
4. Observe Human cells

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