JourneyToTheCenterOfCells

AWebQuestfor7thGradeScience
Designedby:JazminnDowns
JazminnDowns
jd8237@stu.armstrong.edu

Introduction
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Task
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Process
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Evaluation
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Conclusion
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Credits
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Teacher
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Introduction
Todayyouareabiologisttryingtodiscoverthemysteriousplantandanimalcellsthathavebeen
missingforhundredsofyears.Othershavetried,butwereunsuccessfulandsomehaveevenbeen
knowtoneverreturn.Itisimportanttofindthesecellsbecauseofthemysteriousdeathsoccurring
thepastcoupleofyears.Buttodayyousetonajourneytodiscoverthesecellsandthecauseof
thesedeaths.

EssentialQuestion?
Whatarethestructureandfunctionsofanimalandplantcells.

TheTask
Whileonyourjourneyyoudiscoveredthecavethatsupposedlythecellsarelocatedin.Whenyou
enterthecaveyounoticedthatyouhavetogothroughaseriesoftesttogettothem.Tocomplete,
youhaveusethecluesgiventoyoubythehieroglyphicalongthewalls.Whenyoufindthecells,
willhavetofindthereasonforthemysteriousdeaths.Oncediscovered,youwillhavetouseCanva
tocreateaposterorpresentationtoenlightendoctorstocreatewaystotreatthesediseasesand
savethehumanrace.

TheProcess
1. Goto:
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/cell_structure/cell_struct
ure.htm
2. Clickonanimalcellandreadthetext.
3. Name3organellesthatyouareunfamiliarwithandthefunction..
a.

b.

c.
4. ClickContinueandanswerthepopupquestions.Oncefinishedcontinuetoplanecell
andreadthetext.
a. Namethetwoorganellesthatarefoundinplantcellsbutnotinanimal.

b. Whichorganellehelpsplantskeeptheirgreencolor?

5. ClickContinueandanswerthepopupquestions.
6. Goto:
http://sepuplhs.org/high/sgi/teachers/cell_sim.html
7. ClickStartandbeginningbuildingtheanimalcell
8. Definethefunction:
a. Mitochondria

b. Nucleus

c. Cellmembrane

d. Ribosomes

e. GolgiApparatus

f. cytoskeleton


g. Lysosome

h. EndoplasmicReticulum

9. OnceitsaysCompletecontinuetobuildtheplantcell
10. Definethefunction
a. CellWall

b. Chloroplast

c. Vacuole

11. Oncecomplete,goto
https://www.canva.com/
andcreateanaccountusingemail.
12. Oncecompleted,youwillhavetopickoneorganellefromeithertheplantoranimalcell.
13. Onceyouhavedecided,signyournameandyourorganelleonthesheetlabeledCell
Structuresinthefrontoftheclassroom.
14. Byusing
https://www.canva.com/
instep11,createaposterorpresentationexplainingthe
strucutreandadiseaseordisorderassociatedwithit.
15. Usecanuse:
http://www.slideshare.net/xoxositi/organellesdiseasesrelated
or
https://cellmembraneisawesome.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/diseasescausedbymalfunctio
nofcellorganelles/
asstartingpointsinyourresearch
16. Presentationsaredueaweekfromtoday(MakesureyouhaveCITATIONS!!!)

Evaluation
Describetothelearnershowtheirperformancewillbeevaluated.Specifywhethertherewillbea
commongradeforgroupworkvs.individualgrades.

Beginning
1

Developing
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Accomplished
3

Exemplary
4

Mechanics

4ormore
grammatical/pun
ctuationalerrors

34
grammatical/punc
tuationalerrors

12
grammatical/punc
tuationalerrors

No
grammatical/pun
ctuational
errors

Graphic/

Nographics
Nocitations
Ifgraphicsthey
donotrelateto
thetopic

Allgraphicsrelate
tothetopicand
SOMEhave
sourcecitations

Allgraphicsrelate
tothetopicand
MOSThave
sourcecitations

Allgraphic

relatetothe
topicandhave
sourcecitations

Relevance

Score

Content

Severalrequired SOMEofthe
elementswere
required
missing
elementswere
included

MOSTofthe
required
materialswere
included

Allofthe
required
elementswere
included

Presentation

Distracting,
messy,makes
noeyecontact
withaudience

Acceptably
attractivewhenit
comestolayout
anddesign.
Makessomeeye
contactwith
audience.

Exceptionally
attractivewhen
itcomesto
layoutand
design.Makes
eyecontactwith
audience

Attractive,buta
littlemessy,
makeslittleeye
contactwith
audience.

Conclusion
Congratulations!!!!Youhavetraveledthroughthecaveandfoundthemysteriouscells.Nowyou
canletothersknowaboutwhatyoulearnedonyourjourney.Youhavesavethehumanraceby
findingoutthecauseofthemillionsofdeathsintheworld.
AdditionalLinks:
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/explore/buildingblockslife

Credits&References

http://images.clipartpanda.com/hikingbackpackclipartf01380f2e3b582e35ff913c77bb
0f52ahikerclipart.jpg

https://www.canva.com/
http://sepuplhs.org/high/sgi/teachers/cell_sim.html
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/cell_structure/cell_structure.htm