Parts of Plant and Animal Cells

Read carefully through the CELL WEBSITE and complete your webquest. DO YOUR BEST!!

Classificaton Continued....

Watch the following BrainPop Videos to help you complete your webquests, as a group at your station.
The 6 Kingdoms
Amphibians
Bacteria
Birds
Cnidirians
Fish
Invertebrates
Mammals
Protists
Protozoa
Reptiles
Vertebrates
Plant Growth

Six Kingdoms of Biology Webquest

The Six Kingdoms

When Linnaeus developed his system of classification, there were only two kingdoms, Plants and Animals. But the use of the microscope led to the discovery of new organisms and the identification of differences in cells. A two-kingdom system was no longer useful. Today the system of classification includes six kingdoms.

The Six Kingdoms:
Plants, Animals, Protists, Fungi, Archaebacteria, Eubacteria.

How are organism placed into their kingdoms?

· Cell type, complex or simple

· Their ability to make food

· The number of cells in their body

Plants
You are probably quite familiar with the members of this kingdom as it contains all the plants that you have come to know - flowering plants, mosses, and ferns. Plants are all multicellular and consist of complex cells.

In addition plants are autotrophs, organisms that make their own food.

With over 250,000 species, the plant kingdom is the second largest kingdom. Plant species range from the tiny green mosses to giant trees.

Without plants, life on Earth would not exist! Plants feed almost all the heterotrophs (organisms that eat other organisms) on Earth. Wow!

Animals
The animal kingdom is the largest kingdom with over 1 million known species.
We classify animals using the Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species. For example, the Sumatran Tiger - Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum, Chordata, Class Mammalia, Order Carnivora, Family Felidae, Genus Pathera, Species tigris

All animals consist of many complex cells. They are also heterotrophs.

Members of the animal kingdom are found in the most diverse environments in the world.

Archaebacteria
In 1983, scientists tool samples from a spot deep in the Pacific Ocean where hot gases and molten rock boiled into the ocean form the Earth’s interior. To their surprise they discovered unicellular (one cell) organisms in the samples. These organisms are today classified in the kingdom, Archaebacteria.
Archaebacteria are found in extreme environments such as hot boiling water and thermal vents under conditions with no oxygen or highly acid environments.

Eubacteria
Like archaebacteria, eubacteria are complex and single celled. Most bacteria are in the EUBACTERIA kingdom. They are the kinds found everywhere and are the ones people are most familiar with.
Eubacteria are classified in their own kingdom because their chemical makeup is different. Most eubacteria are helpful. Some produce vitamins and foods like yogurt. However, these eubacteria, Streptococci pictured above, can give you strep throat!

Fungi
Mushrooms, mold and mildew are all examples of organisms in the kingdom fungi.
Most fungi are multicellular and consists of many complex cells.

Fun Facts about Fungi
Some fungi taste great and others can kill you!
Fungi are organisms that biologists once confused with plants, however, unlike plants, fungi cannot make their own food. Most obtain their food from parts of plants that are decaying in the soil.

Protists
Slime molds and algae are protists.
Sometimes they are called the odds and ends kingdom because its members are so different from one another. Protists include all microscopic organisms that are not bacteria, not animals, not plants and not fungi. Most protists are unicellular. You may be wondering why those protists are not classified in the Archaebacteria or Eubacteria kingdoms. It is because, unlike bacteria, protists are complex cells.

Civil War Webquest

We are going to do a Civil War Website Treasure Hunt. Read each question carefully and click through the webquest to answer each question. Work as a group at your station! This is for a grade!!

Venn Diagram Practice

Let's visit Cyberchase to practice with Venn Diagrams!

Taking a Look at CITIZENSHIP

What is a citizen? If you were born in the United States, you are a citizen. That means you are a member of our country. Sometimes people who are not born here want to become citizens. They do this by asking the government to make them a citizen. This is called naturalization.

When you are a citizen you have rights. Rights are special privileges the government gives you. In our country, you have free speech. You are also given the right to choose a religion. In America, the press is free to tell you what is happening in the world. The Bill of Rights lists the freedoms given to citizens. These rights are very important. Many people in the world do not have freedoms like we do.

Because the government gives us rights, we have the duty to be good citizens. But, what does it mean to be a good citizen? How can you be a part of giving back for the freedom you have?

The Mark of a Good Citizen
Good citizens understand that they have a responsibility to the community, environment and law. You can instill in your child the virtue of citizenship by explaining the difference between good and bad citizenship.

Traits of good citizenship:

* Being a good neighbor by caring about others.
* Sharing your time and skills to the community to make it better, cleaner and safer.
* Conserving resources by practicing the three R's: Reduce. Re-use. Recycle.
* Staying informed on issues and voicing your opinions by voting.

Traits of bad citizenship:

* Looking out only for yourself.
* Littering and wasting resources.
* Leaving all political matters to the so-called "experts."

You can be a positive role-model for citizenship by doing the following:

* Show concern for the success and safety of others.
* Use non-judgmental language that does not offend or demean.
* Do the right thing, especially when it is difficult.
* Do the right thing, even when no one is looking.
* Take responsibility for your actions.
* Reflect on how your actions affect the welfare of others.

Let's get groovy with graphing!!!!!!!

Here are some sites to help you with GRAPHING as we begin our first GPS Unit, Groovy Graphing! I

Mean, Median, Mode and Range

Play Rags to Riches to practice finding mean, median, mode and range.

Map Skills

We are continuing to talk about Map Skills and have begun Daily Geography.Let's take a look at hemispheres, lines of latitude, longitude, and the equator. Also, click here for some more practice.

Multiplication

We have got to know our multiplication tables, all 12, in 5th grade!! Let's get some practice, start with these drills with Moon Planet (1-9), 10 Tables, and then a mixed review of the 12s. For more advanced multiplication you can play the Baseball Game. Remember we have a quiz on 1-6 this Friday, August 14 and 7-12 on Friday, August 21!!! Study, study, study and your rewards will MULTIPLY!!!

Welcome to Mrs. Sturdivants 5th Grade Blog 2009-2010!

Welcome Back to School!
We have a lot of exciting things planned this year so let's get blogging......

Our first assignment is about The Five Themes of Geography. Let's see how much you know by taking the online quiz from QUIA!