Chapter 3: Cellular Structure and
Function
No more than 4
assignments may be graded on any given day
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Level C . 65 pts MAX. (55 pts. MIN. to move to level B)
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1.
Listen to the lecture on "Cell Structure and Function" and take notes
(watch video if missed) |
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2. Read chapter and turn each of the learning
objectives into questions and then answer them |
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3. Flashcards: Vocabulary Chapter 2 (peer pick 10 to questions on) |
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4. 1, 2 Read chapter and answer Check Point questions (peer pick 5 to questions on) |
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5. 1, 2 Worksheet: Consumer Applications: "Getting the
Water of Foods" (peer
pick 5 to questions on) |
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6. 1, 2 Worksheet: Interpreting/Developing Graphs (peer
pick 5 to questions on) |
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7. Make a Concept Map with the "Concept Map
Maker" and post-it's using 10 vocabulary words |
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8.
Draw
and label a plant and animal cell in color. Use your book for pictures |
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9.
Make a
CLOZE passage using 10 vocabulary words |
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10.
Do the
CELLS ALIVE interactive sheet using the internet. (Sheet is in the
assignment box) |
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11.
Make a
comic strip (in color) about an organelle (you choose which one). |
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12.
Sing
or write a rap or song that explain the structure and functions of
either plant or animal cells |
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13.
Make 3-D models of an
Plant and Animal Cells with labels
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14.
Write
an original story that involves cell organelles as characters
(at least 250 words = 1 page, double spaced, typed 12 font) |
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15.
Make a
PowerPoint presentation about Chapter 3 (at least 6 slides) |
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16.
Make
a poster about the "Plant Cells vs. Animal Cells" |
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Indicates REQUIRED assignments 1, 2 Indicates Peer Check Off (2 chances ONLY)
Points
Earned ____________
______ Level B: Choose ONLY one question to
investigate and report on for 20 pts.
Unless otherwise stated, your work will be
presented verbally, written in a report, drawn (poster) or a
combination of these. (see LAB rubric)
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1. Compare the
workers in a factory to the organelles of a cell by drawing a poster
showing the factory workers labeled with the comparable cellular
organelles. |
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2. Create an add
campaign for one of the organelles. Assume you are selling it to aliens
who wish to visit earth. What good will it do them? Why do they need
it? Why is it the best organelle to have? Presentation ideas: poster,
video tape, musical jingle. (Got milk? Yo quiero Taco Bell. Do the Dew.
Drop the chalupa.) |
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3. In front of
the class, present a kinesthetic model of six organelles of the cell,
showing the jobs they carry out. (You need at least 4 people to do
this! 6 are better!) |
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______ Level A: Choose ONLY one question to
investigate and report on for 25 pts.
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1. Find out
about the Mitochondrial Eve Hypothesis. Which organelle is it based on?
Is it an accepted idea in science today? What does the hypothesis say
about human origins? |
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2. What theories
did ancient scientists believe before the cell theory? Find at least 2
to write about. |
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3. Which three
scientists came up with the Cell Theory? Did they work together? Did
they help each other? |
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Grades: 0-59=F 60-64=D 65-79=C 80-89=B 90-100=A To find your semester grade, average unit grades and use this
scale.
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