Devon's+Bio+30

Devon...Here's the menu assignment... ** __ Menu Assignments – Cell Structure and Function __ ** For this assignment, select from the following options or propose your own. Each section is worth a certain amount of points. The points decide what the majority of your grade on this assignment will be. 50 points à 100% 40 points à 90% 30 points à 80% 20 points à 70% (minimum percentage required to pass) You will also be marked on the quality of your work!! This will be worth 25% of the total ** Option A (30 points)  ** о Write a research paper comparing the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Make sure you include information about what each process is, what the equation is for each, how they are used by plants and animals, and how each process benefits organisms. Any other interesting information is applicable. о Create a PowerPoint presentation that compares/contrasts prokaryotic cells with eukaryotic cells. Explain what each type of cell is, how they are thought to have developed, examples of organisms from each group, and how it relates to unicellular and multicellular organisms. о Compose a report examining what the process of osmosis is, how it is used by cells, and how it applies to the reverse osmosis water industry. Explain the benefits/drawbacks of this type of water treatment process compared with others. о Write a newspaper article (min 1 page single spaced) on the history of the cell theory. Include information about who discovered it, when, what the theory states, how it’s changed, what it means to biologists, and any other interesting information you find. о Propose your own research topic related to cells, photosynthesis, or cellular respiration and present to the class...   **  Option B (20 points)  ** о Design a game to teach others about the process of photosynthesis/cellular respiration, active/passive transport, or osmosis/diffusion. о Write a story describing a journey through a plant/animal cell. Make sure you include reference to all applicable organelles and their functions. о Create a music video explaining active and passive transport and their roles in the cell. о Design and conduct an experiment to determine the factors affect the rate of diffusion of a substance. I need to approve your procedure before you begin. Your experimental write-up must include a problem, hypothesis, procedure, variables/controls, sources of error, data/observations and conclusions/results. о Write a children’s story explaining the process of osmosis, diffusions, cellular respiration, or photosynthesis. The story should have illustrations and may be done by hand or with a computer. о Create and conduct a demo for the class that compares the process of osmosis and diffusion in cells. о Make a comic strip about cell organelles, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, osmosis, diffusion, active transport, or passive transport. о Draw a poster that shows the parts of plant/animal cells and explains the functions of organelles. ** Option C (10 points)  ** о Create a mobile that explains all the organelles of a cell and their functions о Make a 3-D model of a plant or animal cell that includes all organelles as well as their functions. о Write a rap song comparing osmosis and diffusion. о Create a travel brochure that explains the parts of a plant/animal cell and the functions of the organelles. о Make a flipbook that defines the following terms: osmosis, diffusion, active transport, passive transport, semi-permeable cell membrane, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, exocytosis, endocytosis, anaerobic metabolism, aerobic metabolism, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, prokaryote, eukaryote, unicellular, and multicellular. о Find an applicable cell biology-based experiment that you would like to do (must be approved by myself before you begin..).

Hey Devon...

This page will be specific to your assignments, so don't worry about looking at the other Bio 30 page. This is what happened last week....

__**Mon Sept 20th**__ - In partners, we wrote down everything we ate the day before and then classified it as a protein, lipid or carbohydrate. I showed the following ppt and students wrote down the definitions they didn't have.

- For the rest of the class: worked on Assignment #1 (you should have this with your stuff....let me know if you don't and I'll post it) - Also handed out exam outline

__**Tues Sept 21**__ - Did a lab on testing for carbs, lipids, and proteins. - Worked on assignment #1

__**Wed Sept 22**__ - Worked on lab and questions from yesterday

__**Thurs Sept 23**__ - Watched a video on Human Cloning - it's pretty good...I would check it out if I were you. Its on youtube and it's called "Cloning the First Human" - Finished enzyme posters - Worked on jot notes for exam (could take 1 page in with you)

__**Friday Sept 24**__ - Wrote exam

__**Monday Sept 27th**__ Now for today's class, check out the Bio 30 tab. Under today's date is a document called "Menu Assignments." Basically you need to choose from the list of assignments to do. Each assignment is worth a certain amount of points. In order to get 100%, you need to do 50 points worth of work. The 30 point assignments are reserach based, the 20 point are posters/comics/stories, and the 10 pointers are more hands on activities. You will also be marked on the quality of the product. PowerPoints must be a min of 10 slides. Any other questions, send me an email. We will be using four classes to work on these assignments.