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Current Unit: Cells: From the Inside Out... Minnesota Academic Standards for this Unit: 9.4.1.2.3 Describe how virsuses, prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells differ in relative size, complexity and general structure. 9.4.1.2.4: Explain the function and importance of cell organelles for prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic cells as related to the basic cell processes of respiration, photosynthesis, protein synthesis and cell reproduction. 9.4.1.2.5: Compare and contrast passive transport (including osmosis and facilitated transport) with active transport, such as endocytosis and exocytosis. Essential Question 1: What kind of cells are there and how do they affect me? Developing Understanding: Helpful Links:
4. Stem Cells Helpful Links for Stem Cells:
Enduring Understanding: 1. Cell Theory and Cell Types Quiz Essential Question 2 : What’s inside of cells and what does it have to do with how they function? Developing Understanding:
2. Cell Analogy Enduring Understanding: Essential Question 3 : How do materials get in and out of my cells and what controls those processes? Developing Understanding: "Death by Water" article - Required reading! 2. Passive and Active Transport
3. Egg Lab Enduring Understanding: What big understandings will I need to demonstrate?
Macromolecules and the Chemistry of Life (Click for the complete unit checklist!) Minnesota Academic Standards for this Unit: (Grayed portions will be addressed in a later unit.) 9.4.1.1.1 Explain how cell processes are influenced by internal and external factors, such as pH and temperature, and how cells and organisms respond to changes in their environment to maintain homeostasis. 9.4.1.2.1: Recognize that cells are composed primarily of a few elements (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur), and describe the basic molecular structures and the primary functions of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids. 9.4.1.2.2: Recognize that the work of the cell is carried out primarily by proteins, most of which are enzymes, and that protein function depends on the amino acid sequence and the shape it takes as a consequence of the interactions between those amino acids. Essential Question 1: What's a macromolecule and what does it have to do with my life? Developing Understanding: 1. Identifying Nutrients Gizmo Links for Additional Information: Enduring Understanding: What big understandings will I need to demonstrate on a quiz? Essential Question 2: How do enzymes work and how are they affected by the environment? Developing Understanding: Enduring Understanding: What big understandings will I need to demonstrate on a quiz?
Previous Unit: The Faces of Cancer (Click for unit checklist!)
Minnesota Academic Content Standards for This Unit:
9.4.1.2.6 Explain the process of mitosis in the formation of identical new cells and maintaining chromosome number during asexual reproduction 9.4.4.2.5 Recognize that a gene mutation in a cell can result in uncontrolled cell division called cancer, and how exposure of cells to certain chemicals and radiation increases mutations and thus increases the chance of cancer. 9.4.4.2.4 Explain how environmental factors and personal decisions, such as water quality, air quality and smoking affect personal and community health.
Essential Question 1: Who gets cancer and why? Developing Understanding: Essential Question 2: What is mitosis and what does it have to do with cancer? Developing Understanding: 1. Mitosis:
Enduring Understanding: What understanding will I need to demonstrate on a quiz? Essential Question 3: What’s the impact of cancer on a life? Developing Understanding: 1. Cancer Story
Enduring Understanding: (For both Essential Questions 1 and 3) What are the big understandings that I should be able to demonstrate at the end of this unit? Upcoming Web Links for Biology: DNA: The Language of Genetics, Part 3 DNA: The Lanquage of Genetics, Part 2: DNA: The Lanquage of Genetics Part 1: NOVA Science Now: Personal DNA Testing DNAi Lessons for EQ 2 and EQ 3
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