Survive

Lead-in

  • What’s the biggest skill you need when lost in the wild?
  • Which animal would you be most afraid of if you were in the Amazon forest?
  • If you want to survive, which of the following elements are the most important ones?

Presentation 1

Pre

  • How many times a day do you drink water?
  • How much water do you try to drink a day?

Top Down

  • What four things do organisms need to survive? Watch the video and find out.
  • Water
  • Air
  • Sugar
  • Sunlight
  • A place to live
  • Food
  • Society
  • Sleep
  • Water
  • Air
  • Sugar
  • Sunlight
  • A place to live
  • Food
  • Society
  • Sleep

Bottom Up

  • Fill in the gaps as you watch the video again.

Example: Just about ____ organisms need four things in order to survive. > Just about all organisms need four things in order to survive.

  1. Why ____ living things need ____?
  2. ____ provides all organisms with the energy and nutrients needed to carry out ____ processes.
  3. Well, a nutrient is a substance ____ provides nourishment.
  4. A producer makes ____ own food by using energy from the ____ in a process called photosynthesis.
  5. ____ finally, all organisms need a place to ____.
  1. Why do living things need water?
  2. Food provides all organisms with the energy and nutrients needed to carry out life processes.
  3. Well, a nutrient is a substance that provides nourishment.
  4. A producer makes their own food by using evergy from the sun in a process called photosynthesis.
  5. And finally, all organisms need a place to live.

Post

  • How interesting is the information from the video?
  • Can you think of anything else an organism needs to survive in a comfortable way?
  • Can you say the name of a producer, a consumer, and a decomposer?

Organisms capable of creating simple carbohydrates such as glucose, from gaseous carbon dioxide.

Organisms that feed on other organisms in the food chain.

Organisms that decomposes, or breaks down, organic material such as the remains of dead organisms.

Presentation 2

Pre

  • What do you know about viruses and bacteria?

Top Down

  • Why are viruses important? Watch the video and find out.
  • Because they can cure diseases.
  • Because the survival of all species depends on them.
  • Because viruses can control the amount of bacteria.
  • Because they can cure diseases.
  • Because the survival of all species depends on them.
  • Because viruses can control the amount of bacteria.

Bottom Up

  • True or False?

Example: We need viruses in order to be healthy. > True.

  1. In 1 drop of fresh water you can find 100 million viruses.
  2. There are more viruses in the ocean than there are stars in the sky.
  3. Viruses are living beings.
  4. Viruses are parasites.
  5. Viruses can only spread diseases.
  1. In 1 drop of fresh water you can find 100 million viruses. True
  2. There are more viruses in the ocean than there are stars in the sky. True
  3. Viruses are living beings. False
  4. Viruses are parasites. True
  5. Viruses can only spread diseases. False

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  • What information mentioned in the video is new to you?
  • What diseases below do you know?
  • From the ones below, which is the worse disease?
  • What would you do if you get each one?