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Biology Unit 1 – “What are our cells made of? “
Capacity Matrix
2009 Fall Semester
Track your progress. Turn in the matrix at the end of the unit.
Learner Target from
Activity to Support Learner
Evidence and Level Reached
Standards
Targets
Know the properties of living
Group activity – create a list: what
and nonliving things
is living, dead or nonliving
Describe the properties of water Pretest
Pretest results
that make it so important for life Demos – cohesion, surface
Writing Prompt – Properties of
tension, adhesion, hydrogen
Water
bonding, solvent, evaporation, pH
Prompt Writing Activity
Describe the properties of
Lab – Nutrition testing a granola
Lab Data Table and Conclusion
carbohydrates, proteins and
bar
lipids. Describe the importance
Patterns of molecule envelopes
of vitamins and minerals in the
Practice models of molecules
human diet
Study Guide Chart and Lecture
The four levels of protein folding Lecture
Ribbon model of Insulin
Understand that microscopes
Lab – slides and STEM electron
are used to visualize cell parts.
micrographs
Compare and contrast electron
and light microscopes.
Calculate magnification
Describe the features of
Lecture and micrographs
prokaryotic cells.
Coloring
Describe the statements of the
cell theory and the exceptions
Describe the role of cell
organelles and what these
organelles look like.
Reading Pasteur and Redi
Experiment
Reading – viruses and prions
Pretest
Study Guide and drawings
Quiz 1 - macromolecules
Lab Drawings and magnification
calculations
Quiz 2- Properties of Prokaryotic
Cells
Pretest results
Compare and contrast features
of animal and plant cells
Describe the role of cell
organelles and what these
organelles look like.
Venn diagram
Quiz 3 – Plant and Animal Cells
Model of a cell or PPT or movie
Individual project
Create rubric as a class
Individual product
Cumulative assessment of all
learner targets
Review Clickers
Unit Test
I understood the learner targets
in this unit:
Very well and
can teach them
to others
Fairly well. I think I
need to just practice
on my own more.
I need help on:
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