Balanced Science Biology Quarter 1 Cycle 2

Day 1: NECAP Practice  How does the structure of the plasma membrane allow materials to move across it in both directions?

Day 2: Scientific Method Practice: Writing a Hypothesis  Write a prediction for the following problem: What would happen to the function of the cell membrane if cholesterol groups were removed?  This will be assessed on a 5-0 scale using the Introduction section of the Chariho Lab Report Rubric.

Day 3: Scientific Method Practice: Feedback on Hypothesis  On this day you will pass back the work from day 2 and provide some form of feedback on this writing. This can be accomplished in a variety of ways. Here are two examples: 1) You can grade them and give them time to make corrections based on what the rubric says. 2) You can have them peer assess using the rubric and grade each others.

Scientific Method Practice: Creating or Interpreting graphs This will be assessed using the Data and Analysis section of the Chariho Lab Report Rubric. Amount of Product (y-axis)Temperature (x-axis) 5 ml10 14 ml20 20 ml30 22 ml40 13 ml50 8 ml60 Use the data table below to graph the amount of product produced by enzyme activity over various temperatures.

Day 5: Scientific Method Practice: Data and Analysis Feedback  On this day you will pass back the work from day 4 and provide some form of feedback on this writing or graph. This can be accomplished in a variety of ways. Here are two examples: 1) You can grade them and give them time to make corrections based on what the rubric says. 2) You can have them peer assess using the rubric and grade each others.

Day 6: Scientific Writing – Critical Thinking  Suggest what might happen if cells grow and reproduce in an environment where there is limited protein available. What effect would this have on cellular homeostasis?  This writing will be assessed using the Scientific Explanation Rubric / Constructed Response Rubric.

Day 7: Scientific Writing – Critical Thinking Feedback  On this day you will pass back the work from day 6 and provide some form of feedback on this writing or graph. This can be accomplished in a variety of ways. Here are two examples: 1) You can grade them and give them time to make corrections based on what the rubric says. 2) You can have them peer assess using the rubric and grade each others.

Assessment of Balanced Science:  This 7 day cycle will result in 3 on-demand pieces of work. At least 1 of these pieces per cycle, should be put into the class work category of your grade book and it should be a piece that is graded by the teacher not a peer graded piece. This gives you the option to pick and choose where you use peer vs. teacher feedback, but I would encourage you to switch it up periodically.  You will need to create two of these 7 day cycles per quarter. This will give time for completing labs and also a week off for MCA testing weeks.