Mr and Mrs Smiths Life Science: Lesson Plans: McDougal Littell

Mr and Mrs Smith's Life Science

We are piloting the McDougal Littel Life Science Text in the 2nd Semester of the 2004-2005 school year. Check out their web site www.classzone.com Click on Science and then the Life Science Text. Have Fun!!

On each link below you will find the leson plans we use in our science classes. Near the bottom of each page you will find a chart of Teacher Resources. Activities, Investigations, Art Activities, Resources & Notes, and Web Sites.

Student Extra Credit is also listed at the bottom of each page.

Introduction to Science & Science Skills
Unit A Cells and Heredity	Chapter 5 Vertebrate Animals
Chapter 1 The Cell	Section 5.1 Fish
Chapter 2 How Cells Function	Section 5.2 Amphibians & Reptiles
Chapter 3 Cell Division	Dinosaurs
Chapter 4 Patterns of Heredity	Sea Turtles
Chapter 5 DNA and Modern Genetics	Section 5.3 Birds
Unit B Life Over Time	Section 5.4 Mammals
Chapter 1 The History of Life on Earth	Whales
Chapter 2 Classification of Living Things	Unit D Ecology
Chapter 3 Population Dynamics	Chapter 1 Ecosystems and Biomes
Unit C Diversity of Living Things	Chapter 2 Interactions Within Ecosystems
Chapter 1 Single-Celled Organisms & Viruses	Chapter 3 Human Impact on Ecosysytems
Chapter 2 Introduction to Multicellular Organisms	Unit E Human Biology
Chapter 3 Plants	Chapter 1 Systems, Support, and Movement
Chapter 4 Invertebrate Animals	Chapter 2 Absorption, Digestion, and Exchange
Section 4.1 & 4.2 Sponges and Cnidarians	Chapter 3 Transport and Protection
Section 4.3 Mollusks & Echinoderms	Chapter 4 Control and reproduction
Section 4.4 Arthropods	Chapter 5 Growth, Development, and Health