Biology Rubrics

2019/2020 Biology Rubrics

Check Google Classroom for all biology information!

Stay well! "Spring Break 2020"

Hello, dear students! 

I hope you all are hanging in there during these crazy times.

I know it's so much to deal with. Deep breaths...

Please do what you can to stay home, stay healthy, and take care of your families. 

Some days are better than others, for sure.

Make sure to read the 'positive' stories - there are good ones!

I'll share some resources when I can. I'm home with my family and trying to process everything also.

In the meantime, please be well and take care of yourselves.

I miss you!

Best,

Ms. Ferro

Recap previous lessons & notes; do Unit 3 Task 4: Cell Cycle CER

Happy Wednesday! 

On Monday you completed 'Cancer & Cell Cycle' videos & worksheet

1.First, let's finish looking over the printed 'Genetics/Cancer' notes I gave you on 3/5

2.Get a Chromebook and go to Google Classroom

3.Find Unit 3 Task 4 'Cell Cycle C/E/R' and complete, submitting when finished

This is an individual assessment, not group work

Unit 3 Task 3: Understanding Cancer (Google Classroom)

Happy Monday! Hope you had a good weekend 🌞
Sub - Ms. Cooper

Please get a Chromebook and go to Google Classroom

Open 'Unit 3 Task 3: Understanding Cancer'

Read directions carefully, follow links in document to complete

You may work with your table group but each of you are responsible for submitting your own work in your own words

There are hard copies available if you prefer

Due by the end of the period today

If you finish early please use class time to complete work

Health news updates; finish mitosis investigation & microscope lab; genetics & cancer notes

Please share Roses & Thorns with your table partners: 
How was the SAT? How's your week going?

While I do: HOMEWORK CHECK! (Cell Cycle & Mitosis notes from Tuesday, 2/25 blog post); no late credit for this - you've had a week and a half and class time to do it. 😁

Coronavirus updates: 
First, a short, funny video from The Daily Show here
live blog HERE (10 mins max)
What is the Coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms?
Hand sanitizer vs. soap and what the CDC says
What's PPS saying about it?

Today's Agenda:
-Finish Mitosis Investigation & Microscope Lab
-Background information on genetics & cancer (notes   handout HERE)

1) Complete Mitosis Investigation and Microscope Lab using slides HERE (set up microscopes to finish and/or for absent students to view cells)

2) Share out mitosis data: write percentages for each stage of mitosis on board per class period; compare

3) Learn important background information on genetics 

Next...4) What happens if mitosis cell signals change over time?
Explore connection between cell signaling and cancer.

Background information: (notes handout)
-In humans, each cell normally contains 23 pairs of
chromosomes, for a total of 46.
-22 of these pairs, called autosomes, look the same in both males and females. The 23rd pair, the sex chromosomes, differ between males and females. Females have two copies of the X chromosome, while males have one X and one Y chromosome.

An organism's genotype is the set of genes that it carries. 

An organism's phenotype is all of its observable characteristics — which are influenced both by its genotype and by the environment. ... For example, differences in the genotypes can produce different phenotypes.

3 minute TED-Ed genetics video

Punnett square - diagram used to predict the probability of an offspring of a particular cross of having a genotype

Coronavirus info; Mitosis Investigation and Microscope Lab

This Week: 
Mon - B day
Tue - A day
Wed - B day Early Dismissal; SAT's for juniors in gym
Thurs - B day
Fri - A day

Unit 3 Task 2: Mitosis & Growth

EQ: How do living things grow and repair themselves?

Today's Agenda:
Mitosis Investigation & Microscope Lab

First: watch this awesome video 'The Life of a Cell'

1) Introduce challenge with slides 1-3 HERE
2) Microscopy 101( scale microscopy)

3) Complete Mitosis Investigation and Microscope Lab using slides 5-12 HERE

Finish 'Cell Types' and 'Mitosis' POGILS; notes & videos homework!!

Thank you for sitting with your new table groups 🌞

Tutorial Schedule today 
Many of you have still not submitted your 'Elephant Engineering Design Graphic Organizer' OR your 'Exercise Lab C/E/R', and that was reflected in your progress report. PLEASE come to tutorial today to finish any remaining missing work from the Biomolecules/Elephant Project Unit...
we're moving on to new material & you don't want to get behind!

As we continue in our new unit (new groups, new work model, new content) please continue to stay focused and work as efficiently as possible ( & no electronics during POGILS).
As with anything new, approach with an open mind and be willing to try and to make mistakes. 
💜 Don't worry - it's all good. Trust me!

Today's Tasks:
1) Finish 'Cell Types' POGIL and turn in
2) Complete 'Mitosis' POGIL and turn in
3) Get Chromebook, do 'notes & videos' homework below
    (due Monday!; everything in blue)

'Cell Types' & 'Mitosis' Notes & Videos: 

Cell Types

cell - basic structural unit of all living things that consists of cytoplasm enclosed in a membrane 

Cells are classified as either 'prokaryotic' or 'eukaryotic

prokaryote - no nucleus or membrane-bound organelles; examples: bacteria, blue-green algae, mycoplasma

eukaryote- any cell or organism with a clearly defined nucleus in which chromosomes (bodies containing the hereditary material) are located; also contain organelles that carry out specific functions; examples: plants, animals, protists, fungi

Watch Amoeba Sisters: Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells video (5 mins) 


Mitosis

mitosis - a type of cell division in which one cell (the mother) divides to produce two new cells (the daughters) that are genetically identical to itself. In the cell cycle, mitosis is the part of the division process in which the DNA of the cell's nucleus is split into two equal sets of chromosomes.

Actively dividing eukaryotic cells pass through a series of stages known collectively as the cell cycle: two gap phases (G1 and G2); an S (synthesis) phase, in which the genetic material is duplicated; and an M phase, in which mitosis partitions the genetic material and the cell divides.

(DRAW)

interphase - G1, S, and G2

chromosome - a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.

(DRAW)

Watch Amoeba Sisters: Mitosis video (8 mins)


Monday: Mitosis Investigation & Microscope Lab! 

New seats; Begin Unit 3: Cell Division & Genetics

New Seats! Intentional groups are set for this unit due to the nature of the work we'll be doing.
At your new table assignment, take turns sharing the following with your group:
1. If you could travel anywhere, where would it be and why?
2. If you could meet anyone, alive or deceased, who would it be and why?
3. What is something that you want to accomplish in high school?

Please get out a notebook & writing utensil. You'll also need a way to stay organized with materials this unit! Need a folder or binder? I have lots to share.

New format for work for this unit: POGIL

1. POGIL protocol: assign each student group a -
1. Timekeeper (manages time)
2. Reader (reads the questions out loud to keep team on same page)
3. Document Controller (makes sure the POGIL for each student has the same responses as the group has come to a consensus about the response based on the available evidence in model. 
4. Spokesperson (only person who can share out or ask questions of teacher. This helps students utilize each other as resources prior to asking for teacher input (models contain all info necessary to answer questions).
5. What is POGIL? Stands for 'Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning'; it is a student-centered, group-learning instructional strategy and philosophy developed through research on how students learn best.
6. Important: no technology during POGIL--- these are in class assignments and not to be assigned for homework or as a sub plan.

Begin Unit 3: Cell Division & Genetics (take notes)

Unit EQ's:
-How do organisms grow and develop?
-How are signals for growth and development transmitted from parents to offspring?
-What happens if those signals change over time? 

Unit 3 Task 1: Cell Types
EQ's:
-Do all cells have the same structure?
-What functions do organelles perform in cells?

1) Explore different cell types using this POGIL
Work with your group to complete, turn in when finished

Unit 3 Task 2: Mitosis & Growth

EQ: How do living things grow and repair themselves?

1) Introduce challege with slides 1-3 HERE

2) Complete Mitosis POGIL with group, turn in when done

3) Complete Mitosis Investigation and Microscope Lab using slides 5-12 HERE

Refine research & turn in 'mechanism' of cause ; free time

Happy Friday! 

First, an informative video: Why women have periods

Now, grab and Chromebook and do the following:

1) Work your group to refine and edit your research.
Read through your feedback, pull up your slides, and then write down a few sentences that answers the following:
The mechanism of the cause on a cellular/molecular level is… (include background information to explain the mechanism)
Please include all members of your group on your paper and turn in when finished. I'll clarify with you if needed.
When you turn this in, then you're done.

2) Celebrate your efforts with your elephant research group
- job well done!
Free/work time? Outside? Sharing food? Film?