Resources

• Lesson 1: Diseases Key Concepts
  • Why do we get diseases?
  • How do the two types of diseases differ?
• Lesson 2: The Immune System Key Concepts
  • What does the immune system do?
  • How do the parts of the immune system work together?
  • How does the immune system interact with other body systems?
• Lesson 3: Staying Healthy Key Concepts
  • How can healthful habits and healthful choices affect diseases?
  • How do sanitation practices affect human health?
  • How can chemicals affect the human body?

Learning Checkpoints:

✅ Describe how, when the environment changes, differences between individuals allow organisms to survive and reproduce while others die or move to new locations.

✅ Compare and contrast adaptations displayed by organisms that enable them to survive in different environments such as life cycles variations, animal behaviors and physical characteristics.

• Identify the Lab Equipment

1. What is energy?
   
2. What are the forms of energy?
3. How is energy used?
   
4. What is law of conservation of energy?
   
5. How is energy transformed?
6. How are energy and work related?

KEY CONCEPTS

1. What is an atom?
   
2. How would you describe the size of an atom?
   
3. How has the atomic model changed over time?
   
4. What happens during nuclear decay?
   
5. How does a neutral atom change when its number of protons, electrons, or neutrons changes?
   
6. How is an electron’s energy related to its distance from the nucleus? Why do atoms gain, lose, or share electrons?