Big Ideas:

Cellular Basis of Life and Homeostasis

Essential Questions:

How are cell structures adapted to their functions?

Vocabulary: cell, nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm, organelles, prokaryote, eukaryote, endocytosis, exocytosis

Month

Content

Skills

Asessment

Standards

Instructional Activities, Strategies, and Differentiation

December

Cytology

Formative:

HS-LS1-1,4

Provide Topic Reading Assignments and Vocabulary List

Size, Shape, and Differentiation (Examples (Monera, Protista, and

Simulate cell membranes, fluid mosaic model, channel proteins, etc…

Deliver Information via Lecture, Discussion and Handouts

Somatic Cells); Stem Cells)

Observe and/or record characteristics of different types of cellsincluding protozoa

Student Partipiation and Dialog

Use Technology (ie Simulations/Illustrations/Videos), Various Manipulatives and Word Play

Organelles and Other Components (Structure and Function)

Observe osmosis across the membranes demonstrating various states of solutions

Study Guide Assignments

Offer Review Opportunities (Study Guides and Study Sessions)

Comparisons of Cell Types (Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes /

Tell how cells ingest food by means of “bulk transport”

Lab Practicles and/or Projects

Supplement Topic Discussion with Labs/Projects/Demonstrations

Animal Cells vs. Plant Cells)

Chapter Quizzes

Enzymes (Reactions)

Reading / Vocabulary Exam

Cellular Fluids and Membrane Functions (Solutions, States,

Diffusions, and Transport)

Summative:

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Chapter Exam

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