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 * ** Unit and Topic ** || ** Learning Outcomes ** || ==**Resources**==
 * What have you produced towards these learning outcomes? What other resources do you have to help you with these outcomes?** || ==**Reflection**==

** What went well? **

 * What could have been better?** || ==**Targets**==

** What do you need to do to achieve these outcomes? **

 * What are your next steps?** || ==**Follow up**==

** What have you done to follow up these targets? **
• List and describe the characteristics of living organisms • Define the terms: • // nutrition // as taking in of nutrients which are organic substances and mineral ions, containing raw materials or energy for growth and tissue repair, absorbing and assimilating them • // excretion // as removal from organisms of toxic materials, the waste products of metabolism (chemical reactions in cells including respiration) and substances in excess of requirements • // respiration // as the chemical reactions that break down nutrient molecules in living cells to release energy • // sensitivity // as the ability to detect or sense changes in the environment (stimuli) and to make responses • // reproduction // as the processes that make more of the same kind of organism • // growth // as a permanent increase in size and dry mass by an increase in cell number or cell size or both • // movement // as an action by an organism or part of an organism causing a change of position or place ||   ||   ||   ||   || • Define and describe the // binomial system // of naming species as a system in which the scientific name of an organism is made up of two parts showing the genus and species • List the main features of the following vertebrates: bony fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals ||  ||   ||   ||   || • Know that there are other classification systems e.g. cladistics (based on RNA/ DNA sequencing data) • List the main features used in the classification of the following groups: viruses, bacteria and fungi, and their adaptation to the environment, as appropriate ||   ||   ||   ||   || // (to be illustrated by examples wherever possible) // • List the main features used in the classification of the following groups: flowering plants (monocotyledons and eudicotyledons (dicotyledons)), arthropods (insects,  crustaceans, arachnids and myriapods), annelids, nematodes and molluscs ||  ||   ||   ||   || • Use simple dichotomous keys based on easily identifiable features ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * What is the evidence of this?** ||
 * ** 1. Characteristics of living organisms ** || ** Core **
 * ** 2. Classification and diversity of living organisms ** || 2.1 Concept and use of a classificatory system
 * Core **
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 * ** 2.2 Adaptations of organisms to their environment ** || 2.2 Adaptations of organisms to their environment
 * Core **
 * ** 3. Simple keys ** || ** Core **