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Module 1
KWL Chart in General Biology
A. Overview:
The KWL chart is a great educational tool that assists students and educators
in efficiently organizing their learning process. It is frequently employed in a variety of
educational contexts to inspire critical thinking, active engagement, and meaningful
learning experiences. The KWL chart is very useful for defining goals and
encouraging reflection at the end of the semester. Let us look at its foundation and
how it might be used for these purposes.

B. Objectives
1. ldentify knowledge gaps, existing and prior knowledge of graduate students in
General Biology.
2. Utilize KWL chart to enhance the learning experience and support graduate
students in becoming self-directed, and lifelong learners.

C. Activity: Complete the first two columns in the KWL Chart regarding what you
already know, and youwanted to know in the subject (You may refer in the list of
topics in the course syllabus). The third column willbe accomplished at the end of
the semester. This could serve as your guide in writing your reflective journal at
the end of the semester.

What IKnow (5 points) What | Want to know (5 What ILearned* (5 points)

points) *to be accomplished at the end
of semester
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Module 2
Introduction: Characteristics and Diversity of Life
A. Overview:

There is unity in the diversity of living organisms found on Earth. It is evidently

seen by the similar distinguishing characteristics shared by these life forms which
suggests that allorganisms descended or evolved from a common ancestor.
Biology as a science of life, continuously encounters improvement in terms of the
system of classifying living things. For long time, scientists placed all living things in just
two kingdoms - plants and animals. Today with the development of better scientific
tools and methods, they have learned that there are greater differences between certain
organisms than what they have thought before.
This activity will introduce you with the different characteristics of life which
distinguishes living (biotic) from non-living (abiotic) things as well as their respective
classification scheme.
B. Objectives:
1. Describe and identify the different characteristics of life.
2. Group the representative living things into three domains and six kingdom
scheme by completing the unfinished concept map.
3. Distinguish prokaryote from eukaryote.
4. Develop understanding on the complexity and organization of life.
C. Pretest:
Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. What is the smallest level of organization of life?

A. cell B. tissue C. organ D. organ system
2. Which of the following characteristic is NOT required for the life of an individual
organism to continue?
A. to be organized G. to metabolize E. Al of the following are characteristics of lIiving things
B. to respond D. to reproduce
3. Which statement is FALSE about nearly all living things?
A. Living things are made up of cells.
B. Living things múst obey the laws of chemistry and physics.
C. Living things show biological organizationand other common
characteristics of life.
D. Emergent properties can be used to distinguish living things from nonliving
things.
E. Living things are composed only of organic elements, whereas nonliving
things are made up of inorganic elements.
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4. What is theprocess by which the sun's energy is trapped as the

used by virtually all living source of energy
A. evolution organisms? D. homeostasis
B. metabolism
E. photosynthesis
C. adaptation
5. What do you call all the chemicalenergy
A. evolution transformations that occur within a cell?
D. homeostasis
B. metabolism
E. photosynthesis
C. adaptation
6. Which of the following is the unigue
eukaryote?
distinguishing characteristic of a prokaryote to
A. Prokaryote has a true nucleus C. Prokaryote lacks a nucleus
B. Prokaryote is unicellular
7. Which domain includes bacteria that lives in D. Prokaryote is multicellular
A. Archaea
extreme environment?
C. Bacteria
B. Eukarya D. Monera
8. What are the two parts of a species name in
correct order?
A. kingdom and genus names. D. specific epithet and genus name.
B. genus and species names. E. species and genus names.
C. genus name and specific epithet.
9. Which of the following sequences correctly gives the different classification levels of
an organism, going from the largest grouping to the smallest? (Some are left out.)
A. species, genus, family, class, phylum
B. kingdom, phylum, class, order, species
C. class, family, kingdom, species, genus
D. genus, class, phylum, species, family
10. Which of the following representative organisms doesn't belong to the group under
Kingdom Protista?
A. euglena B. paramecium C. mold d. volvox

D. Learning Activities
1. Picture Analysis
1.1. Directions: ldentify the obsevable characteristics of life in the given
pictures of various organisms and describe each
characteristic by completing the table below.
llustration Characteristics Description
of life
Development stages of abutterfiy

Caterpilar Chrysal1s Buterily

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Organ
Clls Tissnes Orgons
syst ens
Orunism
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1.2. Guide questions:

1.2.1. Give at least three situations of stimulus response to
maintain homeostatic balance. human to

Stimulus:

Response:
1.2.2. What are the metabolic activities of acell that affects the role
and function of an organism in the ecosystem?

1.2.3. Why do organisms need to adapt to its environment?

1.2.4. Give the levels of interaction and organization of life from

largest (biosphere) to smallest (cell) and describe each.

Life Characteristics
Items Cell Reproduct Growth and Responds to Obtains and Non
Living
Organi 0on Development the Uses energy living
zation environment
Example:
1. mushroom
2. corn seed
3. water
4. virus
5. fern
6. lichen
7. sand dollar
8. hornworts
9. mildew
10. liverworts
11. soil
12. bacteria
13. prions
14. yeast
15. amoeba
16. scallop
17. streptococcus
18. moSS
19. nostoc
20. viroids
21. eathwom
22. hydrilla
23. orchid
24. paramecium
25. lactobacillus
26. themophiles
27. sargassum
28. mayana
29. dinoflagellates
30. euglena
31. sea lily
32. banana
33. snail
34. breadmold
35. stentor
6.Thermus
aquaticus
37. streptomyces
38. Haloacterium
salinanum
39. Alicyclobacillus
40. halophiles
2. Classification Checklist

2.1. Directions: Classify the given items as to living and non-living things
based upon the manifestation of the characteristics of life in each item
respectively by checking the appropriate boxes.
2.2. Guide Questions

2.2.1. Can we consider virus particularly coVID-19 alive or not alive

considering its human-to-human transmission that leads to global pandemic
and massive deaths? What are the qualifying characteristics of viruses to be
said as alive or not alive? (2 points)

2.2.2. Consideringthe complexity of life forms on earth, in what aspects do

they share common characteristics? What does it suggest for the probable
ancestors of different life forms on earth? (2 points)
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3.Concept Mapping: The World of the

Living Things
3.1. Directions: Complete the concept map by writing all
the
organisms you identified in Activity Number 2 in the top large boxlivingand
rewrite the correct organisms to their corresponding
each blank boxes. classification group in

LIVING THINGS

Example: Mushroom

PROKARYOTES EUKARYOTES

Example: Mushroom

Archaea Bacteria Eukarya

Archaebacteria Eubacteria Protists Fungi Plants Animals

Ex:
Mushroom
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3.2. Guide Questions

3.2.1. Nhich is more inclusive between domain and kingdon? Howare
Iiving organisms being classified? Give the different classification
levels of organism.

3.2.2. What domain contains the more diverse kingdoms and why?

3.2.3. ldentify the kingdoms in which the representative living things are
grouped. For each,tellone way in which it is different from the
others.

3.2.4. Which domain would include the prokaryotes? How do prokaryotes

differ from eukaryotes?

3.2.5. Organisms with kingdoms are given scientific names which is

Composed of a genus and species, how do we write scientific
name? Give at least one example.

3.2.6. What are the two parts of species name?

3.2.7. Analyzing the completed concept map what does it suggest to the
probable ancestor of different life form on earth? VWhat causes the
diversity of life forms at this point of time?
4. Practice Task

1. Decoding
Directions: Identify the characteristics of life in the set of examples with
corresponding letters to reveal the hidden message.
Hidden Message:

Examples
1. You are wearing jacket due to
Type of Characteristics of Life CODES
TOGE
cool/low temperature.
2. The water flow in the stream STRA
3. A butterfly gets nectar from a THER
flower.
4. You ate your breakfast. WEST
5. Dogs mate and produce ANDD
puppies.
6. A wOod chair in the room ERNI
Corner
7.A person breaths in oxygen IVID
gas
8. The wind pointed out the wind RING
vane to the North.
9. A mango seed produce a EDWE
mango plant
10. A frog hide and aestivate FALL
under the soil during the dry
season.

2. ldentification
Directions: Write the specific domain and kingdom where majority of the
given set of organisms belong and encircle the name of the organism that
doesn't belong in each group.
Example:
1. Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
a. yeast b. mushroom c. bread mold d( slime mold
2. Domain:
Kingdom:
a. acasia b. sea lily C. peat moss d. hornworts
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3. Domain:
Kingdom:
a. Bacillus stearothemophilus c. Streptococcus pneumoniae
b. Staphylococcus aureus d. Lactobacilli casei

4. Domain:
Kingdom:
a. mayana b. eagle C. sea urchin d. leech
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Domain:
Kingdom:
a. volvox b. algae c. blue green algae d. plasmodium
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Domain:
Kingdom:
a. nostoc b. algae C. amoeba d. diatoms
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Domain:
Kingdom:
a. butterfly b. scallop c. human d. trypanosoma

Domain:
Kingdom:
a. acidophiles b. thermophiles C. clostridium d. halophiles
9. Domain:
Kingdom:
a. narra b. kadena de amor C. streptomyces d. hyacinth
10. Domain:
Kingdom:
a. corals b. cactus C. oyster d. sponge

5. Sequencing
Directions: Arrange the levels of organization and interaction of life forms
from the smallest to largest by numbeing it starting from one (1) as the
smallest and ten (10) as the largest.
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organism biosphere
population biome
cell
organ system
ecosystem Community
tissue
organ

E. Post test
Directions: Answer the post-test in the given link below.
Post-test link: https://forms.office.
com/r/2JHDzaCgmF
F. References
Pictures Levels of Organization of Life - McGraw Hill Companies Inc.
Development Stages of a butterfly -
https:lleschooltoday.com/sciencelcharacteristics-of-living
organisms/living-things-grow-and-develop.html
Photosynthesis -https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/cell-energy-and-cell-functions-14024533/
Philippine eagle - https://www. 123rf.
com/photo_104700737_stock-vector-vector-philippine-eagle
pithecophaga-jefferyi-with-monkey.html
Phototropism - htps://www.quora.com/What-is-positive-phototropism
Thigmotropism - https:lo.quizlet. com/ZVpPVg9R5D6XUDiz2fFAg.jpg
Apple eating -https://www.jonbarron.org/diet-and-nutrition/apples-better-sex-life
Penguin - http://www.animalplanet.comwild-animals/animal-adaptations/