Unit 2: Cell Structures
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Unit 2 Objectives
Objectives: When I complete layer C, I will be able to:
- Identify levels of organization of structures and their function including genes, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and whole organisms. (1.2a)
- Explain what makes something alive.
- Describe the structure and function of the cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, mitochondria, ribosome, vacuole, chloroplast, and nucleus of the cell (1.2c, 1.2f. 1.2i)
- Compare and contrast cells from prokaryotes, plants, and animals considering cell structures and functions (1.2f, 1.2i, 1.3a)
- Analyze the ways in which the structure of the cell membrane enable it to perform its various functions including separation from its outside environment, controlling which molecules enter and leave the cell, and recognition of chemical signals (1.2g, 1.2h, 1.2j)
Mini-Lesson 1. Levels of organization and living things (2 videos)
Mini-Lesson 2. Types of Cells
Mini-Lesson 3. Cell Structures and their Functions
Mini-Lesson 4. Cell Membrane
Mini-Lesson 5. Transport
Layer C Assignments
OBJECTIVE 1: LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION AND LIVING THINGS
2. LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION MINI-POSTER (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Create a mini-poster showing the levels of organization of structures including genes (DNA), organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and whole organisms. Make sure to include definitions, functions and examples of each. On the back of your poster, attach and answer two Regents questions about levels of organization. (CCLS RST.9-10.)
3. LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION TOUR (PRODUCT, REFLECTION,& ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Create a written script for a tour guide who is conducting a group of microscopic visitors on a tour of an organism. First, describe the organism and then move into smaller and smaller structures until you get to a gene (DNA). (CCLS RST.9-10.7)
OBJECTIVE 2: TYPES OF CELLS
4. CELL TYPES FIGURE REDRAW (PRODUCT, REFLECTION,& ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Redraw figure 7-14 on page 206. Write a description of the drawing and each of the different cell types(CCLS RST.9-10.4)
5. GIST: PROKARYOTES AND EUKARYPTES READING (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 100pts
Read and complete a GIST to summarize pages 193-194 in your textbook. (CCLS RST.9-10.1)
6. CELLDATE.COM (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Write a personal ad for a plant cell, an animal cell, and a prokaryote to help them find their perfect match on the new website that helps cells make connections (celldate.com). In your ad include what is special about you, what you can do, and who should be interested in you. A reader must be able to distinguish among your three ads, knowing which type of cell is which so the right connects are made. (CCLS RST.9-10.3, CCLS RST.9-10.7)
OBJECTIVE 3: CELL STRUCTURES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
7. CELL STRUCTURES MINI POSTER (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Create a mini-poster showing the main structures of a plant cell and an animal cell including the cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, mitochondria, ribosome, vacuole, chloroplast, and nucleus. Make sure to include the name and function of each organelle. On the back of your poster, attach and answer two Regents questions about cell structures. (CCLS RST.9-10.5)
8. INSIDE A CELL COMPUTER DEMO (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Work through the Inside a Cell computer demonstration at http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/insideacell/. Complete the Inside a Cell handout as you view the demonstration. (CCLS RST.9-10.4)
9. CELL TRAVEL BROCHURE (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 100pts
Create a brochure describing all the places someone could visit as a tourist in a cell including the cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, mitochondria, ribosome, vacuole, chloroplast, and nucleus. Your brochure should include illustrations and descriptions of what happens at each structure. (CCLS RST.9-10.3, CCLS RST.9-10.5)
10. BRAINPOP: CELL STRUCTURES QUIZ (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Go to www.brainpop.com and login (Username: environhs Password: brainpop). Watch the “Cell Structures” video and take the GRADED QUIZ. E-mail the results ([email protected]). (CCLS RST.9-10.4)
OBJECTIVE 4: CELL MEMBRANE
11. CELL MEMBRANE – JUST PASSING THROUGH (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
View the Cell Membrane Just Passing Through animation at http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.cell.membraneweb/. Read the background essay and answer the discussion questions.(CCLS RST.9-10.2)
12. CELL MEMBRANE MINI-POSTER (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Create a mini-poster showing the structure of the cell membrane and illustrating the ways in which the structure of the membrane enables it to perform its functions including separation from its outside environment, controlling which molecules enter and leave the cell, and recognition of chemical signals. Use page 204 in your textbook for a close up. (CCLS RST.9-10.4, CCLS RST.9-10.7)
OBJECTIVE 5: TRANSPORT
13. DIFFUSION AND OSMOSIS READING (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Read and GIST pages 208-213 (Section 7.3) in your textbook. (CCLS RST.9-10.4, CCLS RST.9-10.7)
14. DIFFUSION AND OSMOSIS DEMONSTRATIONS (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Conduct diffusion and osmosis demonstrations and answer questions about what you observe.(CCLS RST.9-10.4, CCLS RST.9-10.7)
15. BRAINPOP: DIFFUSION QUIZ (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Go to www.brainpop.com and login (Username: environhs Password: brainpop). Watch the “Diffusion” video and take the GRADED QUIZ. E-mail the results ([email protected]). (CCLS RST.9-10.4)
VOCABULARY ASSIGNMENT
15. *ACTIVITY: VOCABULARY (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 100pts
Create a crossword puzzle using graph paper with definitions or other clues(CCLS RST.9-10.4)
2. LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION MINI-POSTER (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Create a mini-poster showing the levels of organization of structures including genes (DNA), organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and whole organisms. Make sure to include definitions, functions and examples of each. On the back of your poster, attach and answer two Regents questions about levels of organization. (CCLS RST.9-10.)
3. LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION TOUR (PRODUCT, REFLECTION,& ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Create a written script for a tour guide who is conducting a group of microscopic visitors on a tour of an organism. First, describe the organism and then move into smaller and smaller structures until you get to a gene (DNA). (CCLS RST.9-10.7)
OBJECTIVE 2: TYPES OF CELLS
4. CELL TYPES FIGURE REDRAW (PRODUCT, REFLECTION,& ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Redraw figure 7-14 on page 206. Write a description of the drawing and each of the different cell types(CCLS RST.9-10.4)
5. GIST: PROKARYOTES AND EUKARYPTES READING (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 100pts
Read and complete a GIST to summarize pages 193-194 in your textbook. (CCLS RST.9-10.1)
6. CELLDATE.COM (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Write a personal ad for a plant cell, an animal cell, and a prokaryote to help them find their perfect match on the new website that helps cells make connections (celldate.com). In your ad include what is special about you, what you can do, and who should be interested in you. A reader must be able to distinguish among your three ads, knowing which type of cell is which so the right connects are made. (CCLS RST.9-10.3, CCLS RST.9-10.7)
OBJECTIVE 3: CELL STRUCTURES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
7. CELL STRUCTURES MINI POSTER (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Create a mini-poster showing the main structures of a plant cell and an animal cell including the cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, mitochondria, ribosome, vacuole, chloroplast, and nucleus. Make sure to include the name and function of each organelle. On the back of your poster, attach and answer two Regents questions about cell structures. (CCLS RST.9-10.5)
8. INSIDE A CELL COMPUTER DEMO (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Work through the Inside a Cell computer demonstration at http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/insideacell/. Complete the Inside a Cell handout as you view the demonstration. (CCLS RST.9-10.4)
9. CELL TRAVEL BROCHURE (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 100pts
Create a brochure describing all the places someone could visit as a tourist in a cell including the cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, mitochondria, ribosome, vacuole, chloroplast, and nucleus. Your brochure should include illustrations and descriptions of what happens at each structure. (CCLS RST.9-10.3, CCLS RST.9-10.5)
10. BRAINPOP: CELL STRUCTURES QUIZ (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Go to www.brainpop.com and login (Username: environhs Password: brainpop). Watch the “Cell Structures” video and take the GRADED QUIZ. E-mail the results ([email protected]). (CCLS RST.9-10.4)
OBJECTIVE 4: CELL MEMBRANE
11. CELL MEMBRANE – JUST PASSING THROUGH (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
View the Cell Membrane Just Passing Through animation at http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.cell.membraneweb/. Read the background essay and answer the discussion questions.(CCLS RST.9-10.2)
12. CELL MEMBRANE MINI-POSTER (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Create a mini-poster showing the structure of the cell membrane and illustrating the ways in which the structure of the membrane enables it to perform its functions including separation from its outside environment, controlling which molecules enter and leave the cell, and recognition of chemical signals. Use page 204 in your textbook for a close up. (CCLS RST.9-10.4, CCLS RST.9-10.7)
OBJECTIVE 5: TRANSPORT
13. DIFFUSION AND OSMOSIS READING (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Read and GIST pages 208-213 (Section 7.3) in your textbook. (CCLS RST.9-10.4, CCLS RST.9-10.7)
14. DIFFUSION AND OSMOSIS DEMONSTRATIONS (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Conduct diffusion and osmosis demonstrations and answer questions about what you observe.(CCLS RST.9-10.4, CCLS RST.9-10.7)
15. BRAINPOP: DIFFUSION QUIZ (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 50pts
Go to www.brainpop.com and login (Username: environhs Password: brainpop). Watch the “Diffusion” video and take the GRADED QUIZ. E-mail the results ([email protected]). (CCLS RST.9-10.4)
VOCABULARY ASSIGNMENT
15. *ACTIVITY: VOCABULARY (PRODUCT, REFLECTION, & ORAL DEFENSE) 100pts
Create a crossword puzzle using graph paper with definitions or other clues(CCLS RST.9-10.4)
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Layer B
16. LAB 5. STATE MANDATED LAB: DIFFUSION AND OSMOSIS 150pts
Layer A – Evaluation & Synthesis (200 PTS)
17. 3D MODEL OF A CELL PUZZLE 200pts
Build the major organelles inside a plant or animal cell. Create a 3D puzzle with instructions on how to assemble the parts into a complete cell with a description of how each part works separately and together to maintain homeostasis in the cell. (CCLS RST.9-10.1, CCLS RST.9-10.6, WHST.9-10.9)
18. CELL VIDEO 200pts
Create your own cell video using images from the internet, models that you build, information from the textbook. The purpose of your video is to teach others (your peers) about how each cell organelles works separately and together to maintain homeostasis in the cell. The video should not be more than 3 minutes. (CCLS RST.9-10.1, CCLS RST.9-10.6, WHST.9-10.9)
Layer A – Evaluation & Synthesis (200 PTS)
17. 3D MODEL OF A CELL PUZZLE 200pts
Build the major organelles inside a plant or animal cell. Create a 3D puzzle with instructions on how to assemble the parts into a complete cell with a description of how each part works separately and together to maintain homeostasis in the cell. (CCLS RST.9-10.1, CCLS RST.9-10.6, WHST.9-10.9)
18. CELL VIDEO 200pts
Create your own cell video using images from the internet, models that you build, information from the textbook. The purpose of your video is to teach others (your peers) about how each cell organelles works separately and together to maintain homeostasis in the cell. The video should not be more than 3 minutes. (CCLS RST.9-10.1, CCLS RST.9-10.6, WHST.9-10.9)