From SERP Science Generation, this unit focuses on single celled organisms and associated vocabulary. This unit examines the curious case of an ubiquitous single-celled organism: yeast. It introduces students to life at its most basic level: the cell. Students repeatedly encounter different approaches to understanding cells’ four essential functions.

The focus words for this unit are: cell, divide, multiply, fungus, individual, reproduction, separate, exponential, microscopic, nucleus, nutrient, fuel, process, and matter