Grade 06 Science - EC: S6.B.1.1.2
Grade 06 Science - EC: S6.B.1.1.2
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
6th Grade
Course, Subject
Science
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Define unicellular.
- Define multi-cellular.
- Classify the following as unicellular or multi-cellular: daffodil, yeast, paramecium, cat, amoeba, human, fish, tree, E.coli
- Most types of fungi are multi-cellular, which one exception. What is this exception?
- Contrast unicellular organisms and multi-cellular organisms.
- Describe the impact the “Cambrian Explosion” had on the diversification of multi-cellular organisms.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Unicellular means one single cell.
- Multi-cellular can be defined as consisting of more than one cell.
- Unicellular: yeasts, paramecium, amoeba, E. coli
Multi-cellular: daffodil, cat, human, fish, tree - Fungi are multi-cellular organisms, with the exception of yeasts.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
Unicellular: simple body structure, all functions carried out by a single cell, engulf food, microscopicMulti-cellular: complex body structure, cells specific to specialized organs, visible without use of microscope, cells make food or carry out digestion
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Description of Cambrian Explosion (era in which most multi-cellular phyla first appeared)
- Description of life before this era (predominantly unicellular organisms)
- Acknowledgment of theories which diversified the species (such as evolution, survival of the fittest, etc.)
