LESSON 1 Levels of Organization

GRADE 7 SCIENCE
SECOND QUARTER
✔ORGANIZATION OF LIFE
✔CELLS
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1.Why is the cell considered as
the basic unit of life?
2.Why do organisms
reproduce?
LEARNING COMPETENCY:
Describe the different levels

of biological organization
TRANSFER TASK:
“It is a Small World – A

Very, Very, Very Small
World!”
TRANSFER TASK:
GOAL:
To create and demonstrate
an analogy for cell
structure/cell function.
TRANSFER TASK:
ROLE:
Students will take the role of
a “designer” who will design
the cell analogy (the parts of
their home) with all
appropriate components.
TRANSFER TASK:
AUDIENCE:
The community.
TRANSFER TASK:
SITUATION:
The students will design a cell analogy with each
part of the cell structure and each organelle
having a corresponding role. The students will
have to think of both the structure and function
of each component and explain their reasoning
(e.g. Lysosome is composting center of a
restaurant, breaks down waste). Students must
pick either a plant cell or animal cell to create an
analogy for.
TRANSFER TASK:
PRODUCT:
Students will submit a project (computer generated,
hand drawn, picture cut-out, model, etc.) to
demonstrate their analogy (e.g. drawing of “Cell as a
Home”). Each individual component of the analogy (the
parts of your home) can either be written on the
project or turned in on a separate piece of paper with
the project. Make a video presentation to communicate
your idea to your fellow classmates. You may want to
make a script to help you talk to the class.
Living Things and their
Environment
LESSON 1 – Organization of
Life
LESSON 1 – Organization of
Life
Learning Target:
✔I can describe the different
levels of organization from
cell to biosphere.
Pretest
Answer the Pre- Assessment

My Distance Learning Buddy
PAGE 227
Which of the following are living?
Coal Grass Fire
Gold
Mushroom Bacteria
Activating Strategy:
Look at the two living organisms
below. What makes organism A
more complex than organism B?
Organism A Organism B
Biological
Organization
Cards
Levels of
BIOLOGIC
AL
ORGANIZATI
ON
From the smallest level…
1. ATOMS
2. Molecules
The smallest unit of matter
that cannot be broken down The smallest units of most
into anything simpler by compounds formed by the
chemical means. chemical bonding of atoms.
3. Organelles 4. Cell
Specialized structures that The smallest unit of life –

perform important cellular collections of living matter
functions within cells. enclosed by a barrier that
separates them from their
surroundings.
From the smallest level…
5. Tissues 6. Organs
Groups of similar cells that Groups of tissues that work

perform a particular function. together to perform closely
related functions.
8. Organisms
7. Organ Systems Living things composed cells
(multicellular organisms).
Groups of organs that work
together to perform closely Species =a group of
related functions. organisms so similar to one
another that they can breed
and produce FERTILE
OFFSPRING.
…to the largest level.
9.Population 10. Community
Groups of individuals of the Groups different populations that

same species that live in the live together in a defined area.
same area.
12. Biome
11.Ecosystem Groups of ecosystems

that have the same
Groups of all the organisms climate and similar
that live in a particular place, dominant communities
together with their nonliving
environment.
13. Biosphere
Part of the Earth in which life exists including
land, water, air and atmosphere.
Life is organized into 5 levels:
Cells
Tissues
Organs
Organ systems
Organisms
Populations
Ecosystems
There are 5 Levels of
Organization in Multicellular
Organisms:
• 1. Cells
• 2. Tissues
• 3. Organs
• 4. Organ Systems
• 5. Organisms
• 6. Population
• 7. Ecosystem
The cell is the basic
unit of structure and
function of a living
thing. The amoeba above is
made of only one cell
and it must perform all
Cells are specialized by the jobs of the
organism.
size and shape for the

job they do
In more complex
organisms, cells
are not only
specialized but
grouped together
in tissues.
Muscle Tissue
A tissue is a group of similar

cells that are organized to do
a specific job.
T I S S U E S
Tissues are made of the same type of cells
grouped together to do a specific job.
Examples: 4 different types of animal

tissues are epithelial, muscle, nervous, and
connective. This pink sponge has only
cells but they are not organized into
tissues. The blue Man-o-war has tissues
but no organs.
Different tissues working
together to perform a particular
function represent another level
of organization, the organ.
The
Heart
Organs
Organs are made up of different tissues
that work together to do a job.
Example: a heart is an
organ made of all four
tissues, this coral polyp
is an organ and a leaf is a
plant organ.
Other Organs
Different organs and
tissues working
together form an
organ system.
An organism may
have only a few
organ systems. The Circulatory
System
Organ Systems
An organ system is a group of
organs working together.
Example: Human organ systems include

circulatory, reproductive, digestive, nervous,
respiratory.
Plant organ system-roots, stems,leaves=

transport system.
Other Organ Systems
Organisms
Sum of all cells, tissues, organs and organ
systems makes an organism.
The organism itself represents the
highest level of organization.
If an organism is complex, it will

consist of trillions of cells grouped
into tissues, organs, and organ
systems.
If an organism is simple, it meets its

needs with a body made up of only a
few types of specialized cells.
Population
A group of the same type of organisms all

living together in the same place.
…to the largest level.
9.Population 10. Community
Groups of individuals of the Groups different populations that

same species that live in the live together in a defined area.
same area.
12. Biome
11.Ecosystem Groups of ecosystems

that have the same
Groups of all the organisms climate and similar
that live in a particular place, dominant communities
together with their nonliving
environment.
13. Biosphere
Part of the Earth in which life exists including
land, water, air and atmosphere.
Ecosystem
Populations living together in one area.

Biosphere
All the ecosystems around the world make

up the biosphere.

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GRADE 7 SCIENCE

Describe the different levels

“It is a Small World – A

Answer the Pre- Assessment

Specialized structures that The smallest unit of life –

Groups of similar cells that Groups of tissues that work

Groups of individuals of the Groups different populations that

11.Ecosystem Groups of ecosystems

size and shape for the

A tissue is a group of similar

Examples: 4 different types of animal

Example: Human organ systems include

Plant organ system-roots, stems,leaves=

If an organism is complex, it will

If an organism is simple, it meets its

A group of the same type of organisms all

Groups of individuals of the Groups different populations that

11.Ecosystem Groups of ecosystems

Populations living together in one area.

All the ecosystems around the world make

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