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Unit Title:
Cells & Heredity
7th Grade Science
Stage 1 - Desired Results
Established Goals:
Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt, and change.
State Standards: 12 A
Enduring Understandings:
Students will understand that…
• Compare and contrast the
organization of a living system (cell,
tissue, organ, system) to another
system.
• Compare unicellular and multicelluar
organisms.
• Compare and contrast meiosis and
mitosis.
Essential Vocabulary:
Cell
Cell Membrane
Organelle
Nucleus
Cell Wall
Ribosome
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Mitochondria
Golgi Bodies
Lysosomes
Vesicle
Vacuole
Cytoplasm
Chloroplast
Tissue
Organ
Organ System
Organism
Unicellular
Multicellular
Essential Questions:
1.
How do simple life structures compare
with complex life structures?
2. Why does an understanding simple life
structures help us understand complex
life structures?
Amoeba
Diffusion
Osmosis
Passive Transport
Active Transport
Endocytosis
Exocytosis
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Fermentation
Cell Cycle
Chromosomes
Homologous
Chromosomes
Mitosis
Cytokinesis
Interphase
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Meiosis
Heredity
Self-pollination
Cross-pollination
Dominant Trait
Genes
Alleles
Phenotype
Genotype
Punnett Square
Mendel
Pedigree
DNA
Nucleotide
Mutations
Adapted from Understanding by Design: Professional Development Handbook. McTighe and Wiggins. ASCD. 2004.
Resultant Skills & Knowledge:
Students will be able to
1. Determine the identity of several organisms using the dichotomous key.
2. Infer what biome or ecosystem you might find a variety of organisms living in based
upon their observable structures.
3. support with evidence why an unknown cell should be classified as a plant or animal
cell based upon observation of its characteristics.
4. Determine how our understanding of DNA has revolutionized a field (Example:
criminology)
5. Explain that one or more genes determine an inherited trait.
6. Determine traits of an offspring based on Punnett square analysis. Support
determination of traits with evidence.
Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence
Performance Tasks:
Through what authentic performance tasks will
students demonstrate the desired
understandings?
• Students will create an analogy project
to demonstrate their understanding of
cell structure and function.
• Egg-Speriment (Diffusion & Osmosis)
• Microscope: Live & prepared samples
• Photosynthesis lab
• Heredity Project
Other Evidence:
Through what other evidence (e.g., quizzes,
tests, academic prompts, observations,
homework, journals) will students demonstrate
achievement of the desired results?
• Review of Dichotomous key
• Viewing pond water samples
• Cell Organelle Quiz
• Cell Processes Quiz
• Microscope journal drawings
• DNA Lab
• Punnett Square Quiz
• PTC Heredity Activity
Stage 3 – Learning Plan
Learning Activities:
Adapted from Understanding by Design: Professional Development Handbook. McTighe and Wiggins. ASCD. 2004.