PROJECT BASED LEARNING PLANNING FORM

Name:SaswatiKoya
GradeLevel:12
Subjects:HumanAnatomy&Physiology

DrivingQuestion:BeginwiththeEndinMind
Whatstandardwillbeassessedduringthisunit?

Studentswillbeabletoconnectstructureswiththeirfunctions.
HSLS11:ConstructanexplanationbasedonevidenceforhowthestructureofDNA
determinesthestructureofproteinswhichcarryouttheessentialfunctionsoflife
throughsystemsofspecializedcells.
HSLS12:Developanduseamodeltoillustratethehierarchicalorganizationof
interactingsystemsthatprovidespecificfunctionswithinmulticellularorganisms.

Whatdoyouwantthestudentstoknow?Whatdoyouwantthemtobeabletodo?
Know:
Explainhowthevariouspartsofavirusbodyhaveevolvedforaparticularpurpose
Do:
Designavirusthatwouldbemosteffectiveinkillingtheirhosts
Createyourdrivingquestion
.

Turn what you want them to know and turn it into a thesis statement
and then into a solve/invent/build/argue question (an ungoogleable question).

HOWCANIDESIGNAVIRUSTHATCANNOTBEKILLED?
Haveyouposedanauthenticproblemorsignificantquestionthatengagesstudentsand
requirescoresubjectknowledgetosolveoranswer?

CreatetheEntryEvent
:

Howwillyouhookyourstudents?Howwillyoucapturetheirinterest?
StudentswillplaytheonlinegamePandemic,andcompetewiththeirclassmatesintaking
theleastpossibletimetowipeouttheworldpopulation.

BuildingKnowledge,UnderstandingandSkillstoanswertheDriving
Question

WHATKNOWLEDGEORSKILLSSHOULDTHESTUDENTSALREADYHAVE
LEARNED?

Prokayotic&Eukaryoticcells
Pant&Animalcells
Bodystructureofavirus
CellDivision
Geographyofthecontinents
Basicsofthehumanbodysystems

KWL:
StudentscreateaKWLtofindtheNEEDTOKNOWforthedrivingquestion.Thiswill
drivetheresearch.

ResearchandCollaboration:
Whatresearchtoolwillyouintroducetoyourstudents?
IhaveatoolIhavecreatedandused,tohelpstudentsfindreliableinformationonline.
https://docs.google.com/a/cps.edu/document/d/146APbAYy5szKsFBqdLiN12psTKGMctSkO
wh6OBvpzk/edit?usp=sharing

Howwillyouhaveyourstudentskeeptrackoftheirlearning?Howwilltheysharetheir
researchwithyou?
ThistoolisDoctopusedtothem,soIcanalsoseewhattheyareworkingon.
Howwillyoucreatecollaboration?
Studentswillbeabletocommentononeanothersresearch,andoffersuggestions.,

DigitalCitizenship:
Whatdigitalcitizenshiplessonswillyouteach?

DigitalEtiquette.howtocollaboratewithothers
(
https://www.brainpop.com/technology/digitalcitizenship/digitaletiquette/
)
ImprovingResearchSkillswithEffectiveKeywords
(
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/improvingresearchskills
witheffectivekeywords
)
CreativeCredit&Copyright
(
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/digitalcitizenship/creati
vecreditandcopyright
)

DevelopandReviseFeedback:

Howwillyougivefeedback?Howwillstudentsgivefeedback?Whatstrategieswillyouuse?
Iwillgivefeedbackontheirresearchwork,andduringclasstimeastheyareworkingon
buildingtheirmodelvirus.
Studentswillgivefeedbackduring2roundsof
GalleryWalks
.Theywillwrite
anonymouscomments
onsheetsplacedinfrontofthemodels.Theyarealsoableto
privatelycomment
.Studentswillmakemodelimprovementsbasedonstudentand
teacherfeedback.
Studentswillalsoprovide
privateonlinefeedback
afteragrouphaspresentedtheir
model.
Studentswillsubmitlabelleddiagramsfortheseveraliterationsoftheirmodel.
Allstudentswillparticipateinevaluationofallgroups.
Membersofagroupwillselfevaluate.
Iwillgooverthehighlightsofeachmodel
Iwillprovidedetailedfeedbackviaarubric.

Gallery Walk
Class discussion
Fishbowl
Student-facilitated formal debrief
Teacher-led formal debrief
Student-facilitated informal debrief
Individual evaluations
Group evaluations

How will students showcase their work?

Studentgroupswillpresenttheirmodelsinfrontoftheclass.Theywillalsoanswerquestions
askedbytheaudience.

CheckyourworkagainsttheBIEPBLRubric.

MoonshotThinking:
StudentswouldbechallengedtostartthinkingaboutanotherofmyDriving
Questions....
Couldwebebornwithalltheimmunitywewouldeverneed?
Asstudentsstruggletofindfeaturesfortheirinvinciblemodelvirus,theywouldstart
takingnotesonpossibleimmuneresponseshappeninginthebody,andfromthereget
startedoncomingwithsolutionstothisproblem.