PROJECT OVERVIEW

Name of Project:

Duration: 2 semesters

Annas death

Subject/Course: Physiology

Teacher(s): M. Penarroyo

Grade Level: 12

Other subject areas to

be included, if any:

Project Idea
Summary of the issue,
challenge, investigation,
scenario, or problem:

Students explore a range of careers in biomedical sciences as they learn content in the context of real-world, hands-on activities,
projects, and problems. Students to investigate the roles of biomedical professionals as they study the concepts of human
medicine, physiology, genetics, microbiology, and public health.

Driving Question

Which part of our body is more important to ones survival?

Content and Skills

Standards to be
addressed:

HS-LS1-3. HS-LS1-2 HS-LS1-6. HS-ETS1-1. HS-LS1-4 HS-LS3-2 HS-ETS1-3.

T+A
21st Century Skills
to be explicitly taught and
assessed (T+A) or that
will be encouraged (E) by
project work, but not
taught or assessed:

T+A

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Presentation

Analysis

Critical Thinking:

Communication

Presentation Audience:

Group:
Culminating
Products and
Performances

Lab reports.
Autopsy reports

Class:
School:
Community:

Individual:

Concept map summary

Lab reports

Experts:
Web:
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PROJECT OVERVIEW
Entry event to
launch inquiry,
engage students:

Crime scene

Assessments
Formative
Assessments
(During
Project)

Quizzes/Tests

Practice Presentations

Journal/Learning Log

Notes

Preliminary Plans/Outlines/Prototypes

Checklists

Rough Drafts

Concept Maps

Online Tests/Exams

Other:

Written Product(s), with rubric:

Summative
Assessments
(End of Project)

__________________________________________________

Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with rubric:

__________________________________________________

Oral Presentation, with rubric

Peer Evaluation

Multiple Choice/Short Answer Test

Self-Evaluation

Essay Test

Other:

Resources
Needed

On-site people, facilities:

library

Equipment:

LCD with computer

Materials:

Writing materials, papers, pens, markers, etc

Community resources:

Reflection
Methods

(Individual,
Group, and/or
Whole Class)

Journal/Learning Log

Focus Group

Whole-Class Discussion

Fishbowl Discussion

Survey

Other:
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PROJECT TEACHING AND LEARNING GUIDE

Project: Annas death

Course/Semester:2 semesters

Knowledge and Skills Needed by Students

to successfully complete culminating products and
performances, and do well on summative assessments

Scaffolding / Materials / Lessons to be Provided

by the project teacher, other teachers, experts,
mentors, community members

Uses of pertinent medical equipment and medical imaging techniques.

Identify and explain the relationship of the different levels of organization that
make up the human body. (molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, organ system,
organism)

Different lab activities

Lab activities, videos and lectures

List and identify the major components and function of the 11 body systems.

Lab activities, videos and lectures

Define homeostasis and explain its significance to the body as well as how
homeostatic imbalance may lead to disease.

Group work

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Project: Annas death

Start Date: August 2014-June 2015

PROJECT MONTH

Medical Terminology
Body Planes &
Organization
Body Systems
Biomolecules

Homeostasis Lab

PROJECT
DNA Analysis
Autopsy
Confidentiality
HIPAA
Crime Analysis

C A L E N D A R
August to September

Mysterious Death
Examining Crime Scene
Careers BMS
Evidence

MONTH

October

to

November

Cell Tonicity
RBC Tonicity
Hemolysis
pH of the body

PROJECT

MONTH

December

Case summary

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C A L E N D A R

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