This document outlines a 21st century learning environment focused on cells and cellular processes. It includes several learning stations with different modalities: a smart board, tablets, computers, microscopes, and play clay. Lessons focus on mitosis, cell organelles, cancer, microscope use, and modeling cells with play clay. The goals are for students to understand cellular structures and functions, environmental influences on cells, and develop skills like biological drawing and slide preparation.

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2. Food for Thought…

4. What does a 21st C learning
environment like this look like?
• Organized chaos
• Buzz with activity
• Engaging
• At first – spinning and ungrounded
• Later – expected
• Everyday life

5. Smart Board Tablet / mp3
Low Tech

6. Physical Lab
Computers

7. Play Clay Cells

8. Oh My…
How on
Earth do I
plan for
this?!?!?!?!?

14. Learning Goal
We will investigate the structures and
functions of cells, and the environmental
factors that influence cellular activity using
light microscopes (physical and virtual) and
slide staining procedures.

15. Computer:
Animal Mitosis Microscope Lab
Success Criteria for Full Lesson
• We will understand and describe the stages of
mitosis.
• We will develop a working understanding of
microscopes and the names of their
components.
• We will identify these stages in ‘real life’ with
the Whitefish Blastula.
• We will be able to create “biological drawings”
of “Field of View”.

16. Smart Board:
Cell Organelles and their Jobs
Success Criteria of Full Lesson
• We will understand each of the organelles’ jobs
within the cell.
• We will be able to recognize how the organelle’s
job will affect the cell if it is removed.
• We will be able to identify the organelles by
appearance.
• We will be able to label a plant and animal cell.

17. Tablets: Cancer
Success Criteria for Full Lesson
• We will develop an overview of the historic
development of our understanding of carcinogens
(cancer causing agents).
• We will understand the cell cycle and cell division
timing.
• We will develop an understanding of mutations
required within the cell that causes cancer
development
• We will reflect about growth in our understanding of
cancer. We will determine what we might change in
our lives to limit the potential of having cancer.

18. Lab: Microscopes and Slides
Success Criteria for Full Lesson
• We will understand how magnification
works, microscope terms, and how to do slide
preparation.
• We will learn how to make “biological drawings”
and the skills required.
• We will integrate the ‘real life’ with textbook
figures.
• We will evaluate staining methods.
• We will cement differences between plant and
animal cells.

19. Low Tech: Play Clay Cells
Success Criteria for Full Lesson
• We will develop an understanding of ‘size’ of
organelles in relation to cell size.
• We will review the differences between plant
and animals cells.

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