Grade: 8 Collaborators: Kelley Kemmis & Marissa Beaith Course: SC08 Quarter: 1 Strand: 4
Integration of Science Learning Experiences
Learning Experience Alignment of Learning Experience to: Content Annotated Bibliography Science PO ELA Standard 5-E Model NGSS Focus Genetics Engage S4C2PO2 Reading Engage LS3: Celebrity pictures from Google images S4C2PO3 1. Read, infer, Print pictures and hand Heredity Widow’s peak: Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris & cite. out, show on document A: Hemsworth, Adam Lambert, David Beckham, 2. Determine camera, or show on Inheritance Kevin Bacon, Marilyn Monroe, Kourtney central Smartboard. Show just of Traits Kardashian, Brooke Shields, Cote de Pablo, Kaley ideas & the hairline or just the B: Variation Cuoco, Danica Patrick, Barack Obama summarize. eyes of the person and of Traits Dark eyes: (brown) Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, have students guess Kim Kardashian, Emma Watson, Taylor Lautner, Writing who the celebrity is. Christiano Ronaldo, Johnny Depp, Vanessa 3. Write Students discuss traits Hudgens informative of the celebrities. (black) Usher, Lucy Liu, Tiger Woods, Jackie Chan texts. Explore Light eyes: (green) Kristen Stewart, Rihanna, 4. Produce Choose 2 celebrities and Angelina Jolie, Hayley Williams, Gerard Butler, clear, make Punnett squares Pauly Perrette coherent (perhaps with (blue) Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Robert Pattinson, writing. probabilities) for 1) Eminem, Ryan Gosling, Katy Perry, Pink, Justin hairline, 2) eye color, & Timberlake 3) hair color. Students who are more self- directed can do more Explore Punentt squares: 4) ear Asurvivalguidetomiddleschool.blogspot.com (Post lobes, 5) chin dimple, 6) from 9/28/11) cheek dimples. Possible template for “Explore” Explain Elaborate Share Punnett squares Celebritydiagnosis.com with a partner. • “Climb the Kardashian Family Tree” Students explain their http://www.celebritydiagnosis.com/2011/12/the- Punnett square kardashian-family-tree/ solutions. Question the • “President Obama’s Check-up & Family other student’s Medical Picture” explanations. http://www.celebritydiagnosis.com/2010/02/the- Elaborate presidents-check-up/ Read the 1-3 of the • “Lady Gaga’s Family History & Testing for Celebritydiagnosis.com Lupus” (may want to remove picture from articles. Mark the text. this resource; midriff showing) Write an informational http://www.celebritydiagnosis.com/2010/05/lady- piece about gagas-family-history-and-testing-for-lupus/ 1) What the article Articles from this site have about a paragraph of tells the reader writing & pedigree charts about genetic disease 2) What the article tells the reader about 1-3 of these specific celebrity lineage(s) 3) What predictions we could make about 1-3 of these celebrities’ future lineage(s) 4) How this connects to what we saw in our “Explore” Evaluate Teach assigns students 2 specific celebrities. Student completes the Punnett squares. Perhaps, student writes the probabilities. Student writes a step- by-step set of procedures of how they completed this task (i.e. draw the square, pick the genotypes based on the phenotypes, place the parent genotypes on the outsides of the Punnett square, etc.)