Name of Project: Subject/Course: Other subject areas to be included, if any: Project Idea Summary of the issue, challenge, investigation,

scenario, or problem: Driving Question CCSS to be taught and assessed: Additional Standards to be taught and assessed: 21st Century Competencies to be taught and assessed:

All about the cell Biology Teacher(s): Sheridan Jones

Duration: 1 hour a day/week Grade Level: 9th

After learning about the differences between eukaryote and prokaryote and what makes up the cell, students will create their own version of each cell. Students will split up into 2 groups and create a project demonstrating the content from which they have learned. After completing the project, students will give an oral presentation about their work along with reflecting with their own judgment by creating a blog post. If you know how your cells work, could you prevent an outside cell from taking over body? CCSS.ELA-LITERACY. RST.9-10.7 Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form and translate information expressed visually or mathematically into words.

Collaboration Communication (Oral Presentation) Critical Thinking

Creativity & Innovation Other:

Presentation Audience:
Class School Community Experts Web Other:____________________
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Major Products & Performances

Group:

Students will work collaboratively to research, create, and model a life-like display of a cell. Each group will give an oral presentation about their work. Each group project will be put on display around main office so that teachers, parents, and others may view their hard work. Each student will participate in group work. Each student must interact and contribute in oral-presentation. Each student will personally reflect on other groups work, along, with their own work, in the format of a blog post.

Individual:

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To introduce the new topic that we will be learning about, I will show pictures of disease, sickness, infection, etc. What causes these unhealthy misfortunes? What can we do about them? Can we avoid them from happening to us? To first answer these question, we must learn about the source of the problem. If we understand how our cells work (eukaryotes) and how the cells that are infecting us work (prokaryotes) we can answer these questions and prevent them from happening. Formative Quizzes/Tests Practice Presentations Assessments Journal/Learning Log Notes (During Project) Preliminary Plans/Outlines/Prototypes Rough Drafts Online Tests/Exams Summative Assessments Written Product(s), with rubric:
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Checklists Concept Maps Other: Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with rubric:______________________________________________ Peer Evaluation Self-Evaluation Other:

(End of Project)

Oral Presentation, with rubric Multiple Choice/Short Answer Test Essay Test Resources Needed On-site people, facilities: Equipment: Materials: Community resources: Reflection Methods (Individual, Group, and/or Whole Class) Journal/Learning Log Whole-Class Discussion Survey

styrofoam, pipe cleaners, markers, crayons, short posts.

Focus Group Fishbowl Discussion Other:

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