LessonPlan:CellOrganelleCampaignBy:KimCastagnaTargetGrade:6TeacherPrepTime:40minutesLessonTime:4hoursand30minutes(Werecommenddoingthislessonover5+days.)

● Part1:○ 40min–IntroductiontoOrganelles○ 10min–Dividestudentsinto10groupsandassigngrouporganelles

● Part2:○ 100min–CellOrganelleResearch

● Part3:○ 50min–DesignCampaignPoster&2MinuteSpeech

● Part4:○ 50min–ElectionDayPresentationofCampaignSpeeches○ 10min–Collectingpostersandresearchpackets

● Part5:○ 10min–AndtheWinnerIs…

LessonOverview: Studentswillbeginbyviewingashortvideoonthepartsofacell.Whileviewing,studentswillcreatequicksketchesandlistthefunctionsfortenorganelles.Studentswillrandomlybeassignedacellorganelleandcreateacampaigntogettheircellorganelleelectedas“TheMostImportantOrganelleintheCell”.Studentswillplantheircampaignbyselectinganorganellerunningmate,conductingresearchontheirorganellesfunctions,anddesigninganinformativeposterwithaslogan.Studentswillthenpresenta2minutecampaignspeechandtheclasswillvoteforTheMostImportantOrganelleintheCell.LearningObjective(s):

● Studentswillidentifykeystructuresandfunctionsoftencellorganelles.● Studentswillobtaininformationbyresearchingthefunctionsofagivenorganelleanda

complimentarysecondorganelle.● Studentswillcommunicatetheirorganelle’sfunctionsthroughaposterandapersuasive2

minutespeech.● Studentswillbeabletoexplainhowtwoorganellesworktogethertoperformimportantcell

functions.NGSS:MS-LSS1-2Developanduseamodeltodescribethefunctionofacellasawholeandwaysthepartsofcellscontributetothefunction.PerformanceExpectation MS-LS1-2Developanduseamodeltodescribethefunctionofacellasawholeandwaysthepartsofcellscontributetothefunction.ScienceandEngineeringPractice

○ #8Obtaining,EvaluatingandCommunicatingInformation

■ Communicatescientificand/ortechnicalinformation(e.g.,aboutaproposedobject,tool,process,system)inwritingand/orthroughoralpresentations.

● DisciplinaryCoreIdea○ MS-LS1.AStructureandFunction

■ Alllivingthingsaremadeupofcells.Inorganisms,cellsworktogethertoformtissuesandorgansthatarespecializedforparticularbodyfunctions.

■ Withincells,specialstructuresareresponsibleforparticularfunctions,andthecellmembraneformstheboundarythatcontrolswhatentersandleavesthecell.

● CrosscuttingConcept○ #6StructureandFunction

■ Thewayinwhichanobjectorlivingthingisshapedanditssubstructuredeterminemanyofitspropertiesandfunctions.

● CommonCoreStateStandard-ELA○ SL.6.4SpeakingandListening/PresentationofKnowledgeandIdeas

■ Presentclaimsandfindings(e.g.,argument,narrative,informative,responsetoliteraturepresentations),sequencingideaslogicallyandusingpertinentdescriptions,facts,anddetailsandnonverbalelementstoaccentuatemainideasorthemes;useappropriateeyecontact,adequatevolume,andclearpronunciation.CAa.Plananddeliveraninformative/explanatorypresentationthat:developsatopicwithrelevantfacts,definitions,andconcretedetails;usesappropriatetransitionstoclarifyrelationships;usespreciselanguageanddomainspecificvocabulary;andprovidesastrongconclusion.

○ SL.6.5SpeakingandListening/PresentationofKnowledgeandIdeas■ Includemultimediacomponents(e.g.,graphics,images,music,sound)andvisual

displaysinpresentationstoclarifyinformation.WhereThisLessonFitsin:Thislessonshouldbetaughtafterstudentslearnthatlivingthingsaremadeupofcells(unicellularormulticellular),whichisthesmallestunitoflife(MS-LS1-1).Afterthislesson,studentswilllearnthatinmulticellularorganisms,thebodyisasystemofmultipleinteractingsubsystems.Thesesubsystemsaregroupsofcellsthatworktogethertoformtissuesandorgansthatarespecializedforparticularbodyfunctions.(MS-LS1-3)MaterialsNeeded:

● AppleTVwithaccesstointernet(orothertechnologytoprojectvideo)● Computeraccessforstudents(minimum1pergroup,1perstudentisnotnecessary,onlyuseif

available)● Textbooksandotherbooksstudentscanuseforcellorganelleresearch● Randomselectioncardswithnamesoforganelles(10cardstotal,1organellepercard)cell

membrane,cytoplasm,ribosome,nucleus,endoplasmicreticulum(rough&smooth),golgiapparatus,mitochondria,chloroplast,vacuole,cellwall

● Eachstudentwillneed:○ CellOrganelleCampaignDirections○ CellOrganelleCampaignBallot○ AmoebaSistersVideoNoteTakingPage○ CellOrganelleSpeechListeningNotes○ CellOrganelleResearchNotePage○ PresentationNotesPage○ CellOrganelleCampaignGradingRubric

● Eachgroupofstudentswillneed:

○ Posterpaper○ Setofmarkers&coloredpencils

TeacherPrep:

● Downloadvideo“AmoebaSisters:TheGrandCellTour”.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IlzKri08kk

● Upload“CellOrganelleResearchLinks”intoGoogleClassroomoronlineplatformforstudentaccess.

● Duplicatecopiesofdirections&notetakingpages1/studentandstapleasapacketinthefollowingorderforeasierrubricscoring:Directions,ResearchNoteTaking,PresentationNotes,&SpeechListeningNotes.

● DuplicatecopiesofAmoebaSisterVideoTakingNotes1/student.● Duplicatecopiesofgradingrubric1/student.● DuplicateandcutcopiesofCampaignBallotinthirds1/student.● Make10selectioncardswitheachorganellewrittenonit.● Groupstudentsinto10groups.● Createacertificateorprizeforwinningorganelleteam.

LessonSequence:*Forthisactivityitisrecommendedthatstudentsbedividedinto10groupssincethereare10organelles.Ifyouwantlessstudentsineachgroup,youcanaddadditionalorganelles.

Part1:

40minutes

IntroductiontoOrganelles§ Tellstudentswewillwatchavideotointroduceustoournexttopicofcell

organelles.§ Showthevideo“AmoebaSisters:TheGrandCellTour”(9:26minutes)allthe

waythroughtogivestudentsanoverviewofModernCellTheory,prokaryoteandeukaryotecells,andtheorganellesandtheirfunctions.

§ DistributeAmoebaSistersVideoNoteTakingPage(1/student).§ Tellstudentsyouwillshowthevidoeonemoretimeandinstructthemonhow

tofiloutthenotetakingpage.§ Re-watchthevideopausingaftereachsectionforstudentstoquicklysketch

andwritedownthefunctionofeachorganelle.

10minutes

10Organellegroups§ Explainwewillnowexplorecellorganellesmorebyrunningacampaign

similartoapresidentialcampaign.§ Dividestudentsinto10groups(eitherteacherselectedorself-selected).§ Havestudentgroupsdrawtheirrandomorganellecard.Thiswillbethe

organelletheywillbethecampaignmanagerforastheyarguetheirplaceas“TheMostImportantCellOrganelle”.

§ Allowstudentstousetheremainingtimetodiscussinitialideasabouttheirorganelleandbereadytobeginresearchthenextclassperiod.

Part2:

100minutes

CellOrganelleResearch§ Havestudentsdivideintotheir10organellegroupsandgetcomputers.§ PassouttheCellOrganelleCampaigndirections/notetakingpackettoeach

student.§ Projectthedirectionsandreadthroughthemwiththestudents,makingsure

allgroupsunderstandtherequirementsfortheresearch,posterandpresentation.

§ ShowstudentstheresearchlinkthathasbeenpostedtotheirGoogleClassroom.Makesurestudentshaveaccesstotextbooks,oranyotherresearchbooksthatcanbeusedintheclassroom.

§ Allowstudentstousetheremainingtimetoworktogethertoresearchtheirorganelleandselectarunningmate.

§ Instructstudentstotellyouwhentheyhavecompletedtheirresearchandshowyoutheircompletednotes.

§ Atthispoint,getallstudents’attentiontoreviewtheposterexpectationslistedonthedirectionpage.

§ Passoutposterpapertogroupsthatarereadytostartcreatingtheirposter.§ Monitorstudents’progressandassistanddirectwhereneeded.

Part3:

50minutes

DesignCampaignPoster&2MinuteSpeech§ Projectthegradingrubricforalltoseeandwalkthroughtheexpectations§ Allowstudentstousetheremainingtimetoworktogethertocompletetheir

campaignposter.§ Onceagrouphascompletedtheirposter,thestudentswillcompose(onthe

PresentationNotesPage)andpracticetheir2minutespeech/presentation,makingsureallmembersareparticipating.

§ Monitorstudents’progressandassistanddirectwhereneeded.§ Walkaroundandensureeachstudenthasaspeakingpartinthepresentation.

Part4:

50minutes

ElectionDay§ Havestudentsgetintotheir10organellegroupsandgettheircampaign

posters.§ Allowabout5minutesforgroupstopracticetheircampaign

speech/presentation.§ HavestudentsturntotheCellOrganelleSpeechListeningNotesintheir

packet.§ ProjecttheListeningNotesandreviewexpectationsforcompletionwiththe

students.§ ReviewtheGradingRubricwithstudents,emphasizingthesectionaboutall

membersoftheteamparticipatingandshowinggoodeyecontact.Notethatthestudents’ListeningNoteswillbeincludedintheirownfinalgrade.

§ Callupstudentgroupsoneatatimetopresenttheircampaignspeech/presentation.Remindstudentsintheaudiencethattheyshouldlisten

andobservecarefullytocompletetheListeningNotessectionforeachorganellepresented.

§ Astheorganellegroupsarepresenting,theteacherwillscoreeachstudentonteamparticipation,voiceprojectionandindividualeyecontact.

§ Allowtheaudiencetoaskquestionsaftereachpresentation.§ Whenthelastorganellehasbeenpresented,tellthestudentsthatyouwillnow

passoutthevotingballots.§ Explaintostudentsthattheycanvotefor2organellesthattheythinkarethe

“best”.Explainthattheycanvoteforthemselves(iftheywant)andoneotherorganelle.

§ Explainthemethodforballotcollection.Ifindthesemethodsworkwell:§ foldedandplacedincenteroftableor§ placedin“electionbox”

§ Havestudentsvoteandplacetheirballotswheredesignatedforcollection.

10minutes

CollectingPosters&WorkfromGroups**Dependinguponhowlongthepresentationsandvotingtake,thismayneedtobedonethefollowingday.

§ Passoutthegradingrubrictoeachstudenttobestapledontopoftheirworkpacket.

§ Incampaigngroups,studentswillplaceallworkpacketsontopofthecampaignposterandplacethegroup’sworkwheredesignatedintheclassroom.

Part5:

10minutes

AndtheWinneris…§ Announcethewinnerof“TheMostImportantOrganelleintheCell”thenext

dayandpresentcertificateorprize.§ Havethestudentswhovotedforthewinningorganellesharetheirreasoning

astowhytheyvotedforthatcandidate.

TeacherBackgroundContent:TheInnerLifeofaCell–VideobyHarvardMedical3:12minutes(notnarrated)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJyUtbn0O5YThisvideowouldalsobeagreatwaytobeginyourlessononcellsasphenomena.Thencouldshowagainattheendoftheunitandtrytoidentifytheorganellesasshown.

ExampleStudentWork:PresentationslidesfromSCSPonlineinstitute