Standard #: SC.6.L.14.1


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Describe and identify patterns in the hierarchical organization of organisms from atoms to molecules and cells to tissues to organs to organ systems to organisms.


General Information

Subject Area: Science
Grade: 6
Body of Knowledge: Life Science
Idea: Level 1: Recall
Big Idea: Organization and Development of Living Organisms -

A. All living things share certain characteristics.

B. The scientific theory of cells, also called cell theory, is a fundamental organizing principle of life on Earth.

C. Life can be organized in a functional and structural hierarchy.

D. Life is maintained by various physiological functions essential for growth, reproduction, and homeostasis.

Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08
Content Complexity Rating: Level 1: Recall - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 05/08
Status: State Board Approved
Assessed: Yes

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Related Access Points

Access Point Number Access Point Title
SC.6.L.14.In.1 Identify how the major structures of plants and organs of animals work as parts of larger systems, such as the heart is part of the circulatory system that pumps blood.
SC.6.L.14.Su.1 Identify the major internal organs of animals and external structures of plants and their functions.
SC.6.L.14.Pa.1 Recognize that the human body is made up of various parts.


Related Resources

Lesson Plans

Name Description
Life is a Hierarchy

Through a variety of hands-on and visual manipulatives, students will discover the building process from a single atom to a complete, independently functioning organism. Students will start with the smallest component and work their way up to the largest and most complex.

Life Exposed

STEM-u-lating science! What are living things composed of? Students will dig deeper into the building blocks of life by researching, designing, and creating a layered transparency book.

We are a good fit

This lesson helps guide the student in understanding the relationship from atoms to molecules and cells to tissues to organs to organ systems to organisms. It is an introduction to the concept that all living things share certain characteristics.

Check Out The Chicken Wing! Students will examine a chicken wing to discover the different tissues and organs that make it up. They will relate this to the concept that cells make up tissues, which make up organs, which make up organ systems in the organism.

Original Student Tutorial

Name Description
Levels of Organization

Learn how to identify explicit evidence and understand implicit meaning in a text.

You should be able to describe the hierarchical organization of living things from the atom, to the molecule, to the cell, to the tissue, to the organ, to the organ system, and to the organism.

Video/Audio/Animation

Name Description
Coffee to Carbon

This site explores the relationship of the size of the cell and many other common objects, molecules, and atoms. It is an interactive website that shows the scale of the objects in relations to each other. 

Student Resources

Original Student Tutorial

Name Description
Levels of Organization:

Learn how to identify explicit evidence and understand implicit meaning in a text.

You should be able to describe the hierarchical organization of living things from the atom, to the molecule, to the cell, to the tissue, to the organ, to the organ system, and to the organism.

Video/Audio/Animation

Name Description
Coffee to Carbon:

This site explores the relationship of the size of the cell and many other common objects, molecules, and atoms. It is an interactive website that shows the scale of the objects in relations to each other. 



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