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What is Happening to Lilly and Kaiman


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Keywords: ngss, problem solving, pbl, human body
Subject(s): Science, Life Science
Grades 6 through 8
NETS-S Standard:
  • Creativity and Innovation
  • Communication and Collaboration
  • Research and Information Fluency
  • Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
  • Technology Operations and Concepts
View Full Text of Standards
School: Alfred Bernhard Nobel Mid Sch, Northridge, CA
Planned By: Riley Leary
Original Author: Riley Leary, Northridge
Lilly and Kaiman
Lilly's Patient Record- do not lose!

What does it Mean to be Living? (MS-LS1-1)

February 2:

Living/Non Living Card Sort Activity(Click HERE)
and Lilly's Story



February 3-6 What does it mean to be alive?
Feb 3: Textbook guided reading p52-55
Feb 4: Questions p55, video about living things
Feb 5: Classifying Living Things (online LAB)
Feb 6: Discuss lab, living things and finish video (no work to turn in)

February 9:

Half sheet on Organization of Living Things

Begin Observation paper of Lilly's symptoms

February 10: Mitosis with Microviewers Lab
How do living things grow?
Look at the slides and answer lab questions before we discuss
(absent student must do online version- click here)

February 11-

Per 1: Finish Mitosis Lab

Per 5,6: From cells to human body- reading worksheets 1 and 2 (attached below)

What is Wrong with the System? (MS-LS1-3)

February 12- 20 Expert Body Systems Groups

Feb 12: Review Lilly's symptoms, what we've learned so far. Assign Body System Posters and groups.
Feb 13: research assigned system and begin posters (Check in with Lilly age 6yrs)
Feb 17, 18: finish posters with 4 levels of organization
Feb 19: Fill out "expert worksheet" and choose expert speaker (attached below)
Feb 20: Walk Around with symptom worksheet to fill out using information from poster and expert
Feb 23: Parts to Whole Analogy, parts to whole worksheet (attached below)
Discuss Levels of Organization and Lilly as whole class and grade worksheet



The Parts have Parts?! (MS-LS1-2)

Feb 24-25 explorelearning.com Cell parts and functions (student worksheet attached below)
Feb 26 Elodea Cells with Microscopes (absent students copy lab from group member)
Feb 27 Protists, Plant and Animal Cells with Microviewers (absent students copy lab from group member)
Mar 2 Cells Powerpoint with notes (worksheet attached below)
Mar 3 Marathon Mouse
Mar 4 Check in with Lilly age 8 and diagnose
Mar 5-6 Create evidence based argument for Lilly's disorder and how it explains all of her symptoms (article about Lilly attached below)
Comments
The software license will be used by entire department (2500 students) as we all love this online simulation software in the science department. I am trying to fund my own class set of laptops, however, because my students are ready to use them nearly everyday for collaboration, exploration, and creation!
Cross-Curriculum Ideas
Collaboration across classrooms would be possible if we had consistent access to technology. I am Google certified and love to use GoogleTools for collaboration.
Follow-Up
This is just one of my units. All of my units incorporate technology on a regular basis, and I take a lot of time to make sure students are fluent in technology use for learning. I am teaching them to learn with computers as part of the skills they'll need moving forward in this century.
Materials: Science
Other Items: 45 laptops, $400.00 each, total of $18000.00
1 explorelearning.com software license, $2000.00 each, total of $2000.00