6th - 8th Grade Module 6 Concept PT
Cycle 1
Students explain what they know about food poisoning based on prior knowledge.
Students explain what they know about food poisoning based on prior knowledge.
Students read about causes and symptoms of food poisoning.
Students perform a lab simulating intestinal changes in individuals with food poisoning.
Students read about how food poisoning affects an individual on a cellular to systemic level.
Students read reputable resources to describe the prevention and treatment of food poisoning.
Students create and deliver a research presentation on a disease of their choice.
Students create and deliver a research presentation on a disease of their choice.
Students create and deliver a research presentation on a disease of their choice.
Students create media that will educate people at their school about how to prevent an infectious disease.
For the Performance Task, students will utilize information gained from all four concepts in order to answer the original driving question. They will answer this question first through the lens of a particular disease, food poisoning. They will research and model the effects of this disease from both a cellular and systemic perspective. Students will use food poisoning as a model case study in order to be able to choose a different disease and create a research presentation.
This module sets a foundation for deeper explorations of cellular structure and function in high school. It also builds a foundation for middle school explorations in cellular respiration and protein structure and function.