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Form 6.3: Course Outline with Assessment Ideas and Activities


Course Title: ___High School Biology_________________________________________________
Module Number and Name: _______Module 1 : Characteristics of
Life_____________________________________________
Objective
1. Describe how scientists
observe, experiment, and
investigate the world
around them.

Assessment
Ideas
Analysis of a
real life
experiment
done by
scientists

2. Develop your won


experiment using the
components of the
scientific method.

Design an
experiment
based on a
given problem

3. Explain how hypothesis,


theories, and laws are
connected.

Card Sort

4. Summarize the
characteristics of living
things.

Apply the
characteristics
of life to an
organism using
a concept map.

Absorb
The Times and
Troubles of the
Scientific Method
(SciShow)
YouTube video

Do

Conduct a virtual
lab to learn more
about
independent and
dependent
variables
How to Video:
Conduct a virtual
Design An
lab that explains
Experiment
the steps of the
(ayusten) YouTube scientific method
video
and applies it.
Understanding
Card Sort of
Science: how
statements to
science really
determine which
works (article 19) is a hypothesis,
Science at
theory or law.
Multiple Levels by
UC Berkeley
Characteristics of Earthworm Lab
Life YouTube
that emphasizes
video by Mark
observations of a
Drollinger
variety of
earthworms.

Connect
Discussion of The 6
Most Important
Experiments in the
World from the
Discovery Magazine
December 2007
Design an experiment
following the scientific
method.
Discussion based on
the article by Jerry
Wilson called Scientific
Laws, Hypotheses, and
Theories.
Visit the San Diego Zoo
website to find an
organism and create a
concept chart
comparing it to the
characteristics of living

Form adapted from Smith, R. M. Conquering the Content. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008.

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things
Course Title: ______High School Biology______________________________________________
Module Number and Name: _____________Module 3: Cells_______________________________________
Objective
1. Describe how scientists
collaborate to develop the
cell theory with the use of
technology.

Assessment
Ideas
Visual
presentation.

Absorb

Do

The wacky history


of the cell theory
Lauren RoyalWoods (TED-Ed
YouTube video)

Create a timeline
of events that
help shape the
development of
the Cell Theory
Create T-chart
with the
organelle, and
function after
completing the
interactive animal
and plant cell
model from Cells
Alive website
Examine plant
and animal cells
using a
microscope.
Complete
interactive cell
membrane
tutorial

2. Analyze the structures


found in a cell and compare
them to a citys
organization.

Poster/Multimedi
a with analogies
drawn and
written.

CrashCourse
Biology YouTube
videos #4 and #6
(EukaryopolisThe City of Animal
Cell and Plant
Cells)

3. Compare and contrast


animal and plant cells.

Venn diagram

CrashCourse
Biology YouTube
videos #4 and #6

4. Summarize the structure


of the cell membrane and
its role in maintaining
homeostasis.

Develop a model
that illustrates
the cell
membrane and
how it works

CrashCourse
Biology YouTube
video #5 In Da
Club- Membranes
and Transport

Connect
Explain how we take our
knowledge of cells for
granted compared to
the scientists that
discovered the cell
theory.
Create a visual
presentation of
analogies of the
organelles to a city (or
something similar)

Create a Venn Diagram

Develop a model using


every day items that
illustrate the cell
membrane and how it
works. You can submit

Form adapted from Smith, R. M. Conquering the Content. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008.

Created by Tamara Anderson

5. Identify the different


types of transport across
the cell membrane.
6. Predict how the increase
in a cells size will affect the
ratio between surface area
to volume.
Course Title: ___High School

a picture of it.
Lab Activity
CrashCourse
Complete Glencoe Create a comic strip
Biology YouTube
virtual lab on
that illustrates the
video #5
osmosis
movement of water in
and out of cells
Lab Activity
Why are cells
Create a lab to
Discussion: What limits
small? Bozeman
prove the
the size of cells and
Science YouTube
importance of the therefore organisms?
video.
surface area to
volume of a cell
Biology_________________________________________________

Module Number and Name: ______Module 5: Cell


Reproduction______________________________________________
Objective
1. Explain the purpose of
cells dividing

2. Demonstrate how form


and function are related in
cells.

3. Compare and contrast


mitosis and meiosis.

Assessment
Ideas
Create a
foldable/visual
presentation
with
notes/examples
Lab Activity

Venn Diagram

Absorb

Do

Connect

Cell Division
YouTube video by
Bozeman Science

Complete a
diagram
illustrating the
process of cell
cycle
Work with a
partner to
illustrate the
process of mitosis
using multimedia
(Prezi, video,
PowerPoint, etc.)

Reflection Activity:
Why is it necessary to
have different methods
of cell division

Cell Division
YouTube video by
Bozeman Science

Pearson LabBench Venn Diagram


Activity on Mitosis
and Meiosis

Before create a KWL


chart and fill in the K
and W, after the lesson
and activity complete
the L and write a
summary of what has
learned (expected and
unexpected)
Discussion: Why is
meiosis essential to
sexual reproduction?

Form adapted from Smith, R. M. Conquering the Content. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008.

Created by Tamara Anderson

4. Analyze the
consequences of
uncontrolled cell division.

Presentation of
how and why it
occurs

5. Evaluate the uses of


stem cell research.

Persuasive
essay

What is Cancer?
Cancer Treatment
Centers of
America website
Nova Science
Now Stem Cell
Update YouTube
video

Research a
specific type of
cancer and create
a presentation.
Virtual Stem Cell
Lab

What would happen if


only mitosis occurred
in cells?
What can you do to
prevent cancer?
Visual presentation
Write a five paragraph
persuasive essay that
either supports or is
against stem cell
research.

Course Title: ________High School Biology____________________________________________


Module Number and Name: ______Module 6: DNA, RNA, an Protein
Synthesis______________________________________________
Objective
1. Discover how scientists
cooperated and
collaborated to develop our
current model of DNA.

2. Explain the process of


transcription and
translation

Assessment
Ideas
Flowchart/Timeli
ne of
experiments

Lab Activity

Absorb

Do

Connect

The Secret of Life


Discovery of
DNA YouTube
video created by
VCU Life Sciences

Create a timeline
of events that led
to the discovery
of the structure of
DNA

CrashCourse
biology video #11
DNA, Hot Pockets

Transcribe &
Translate a Gene
Virtual Lab from

Discussion: Not
everyone believes that
Watson and Crick
should have been the
only people to receive
the Nobel Prize. Do
you agree or disagree?
Use evidence to
support your opinion.
Create an imaginary
organism based on its
DNA sequence.

Form adapted from Smith, R. M. Conquering the Content. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008.

Created by Tamara Anderson

3. Predict how changes in


DNA affect RNA and the
proteins that are produced.

Lab Activity

4. Explain how DNA


technology could be
misused or abused.

Research a type
of DNA
technology and
become and
expert.

& the Longest


Word Ever.
What is a
mutation? from
Learn.Genetics
website created
by University of
Utah Health
Sciences
DNA Technology
Applications and
Legal and Ethical
Considerations
from
infoplease.com
website.

Learn.Genetics
Glencoe DNA and
Genes virtual lab

Create a brochure
explaining a use
of DNA
technology and
why it should be
used

Reflection Journal:
Create T-chart with the
types of mutations and
examples. Do you
know of any mutations
that affect you or
someone you know?
Discussion: What are
some of the ethical
and legal concerns
about using DNA
technology

Form adapted from Smith, R. M. Conquering the Content. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008.

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