Title

GMODebate4/7/14

Topic
GeneticEngineering

GradeLevel
912

Subject
Biology

EstablishedGoals
DerivedfromCommonCoreorNextGenerationScience (Ifyoudonotuseeither,pleaseindicateandlinkwhatstandardsyoureferencehere:_______________)

HSETS11:EngineeringandDesign Studentswhodemonstrateunderstandingcananalyzeamajorglobalchallengetospecifyqualitativeand quantitativecriteriaandconstraintsforsolutionsthataccountforsocietalneedsandwants.

EssentialQuestions
Shouldwegrowgeneticallymodifiedcrops?

Understandings
Studentswillunderstandthat... requirementssetbysocietycan determinecropproduction. Studentswillknowthat GMOscanplayeithera positiveornegativerolein society. Studentswillbeableto decideiftheyagreeordisagreewith GMOsanddefendtheirargument.

NETS(Students):
Simplyreferencethenumberandletter(e.g.,2c)

Creativity&Innovation Communication&Collaboration Research&InformationFluency

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CriticalThinking,ProblemSolving&DecisionMaking DigitalCitizenship TechnologyOperations

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NETS(Teachers):
Simplyreferencethenumberandletter(e.g.,2c)

Facilitate&InspireStudentLearning&Creativity Design&DevelopDigitalAgeLearningExperiences&Assessments ModelDigitalAgeWork&Learning Promote&ModelDigitalAgeCitizenship&Responsibility EngageinProfessionalGrowthandLeadership

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AssessmentEvidence
PerformanceTasks: studentswillresearchthepros andconsofGeneticallyModified Organisms(GMOs),chooseto eitheragreeordisagreewiththeir use,andcreateadigital presentationsupportingtheir choice. SelfAssessments: studentswillturninavarietyof work: 1.Notetakingtemplatewith4 sources 2.ParticipateinaDiscussion Board 3.Finaldigitalproject,formatof theirchoice OtherEvidence: studentswillturninaroughdraft inordertoassesstheirprogress towardthegoal.

LearningPlan
InquiryHook: StudentswillbeledtothePBLwebsite.

ActivityProcedure: Pleaserefertothewebsite,tinyurl.com/GMODebateProjectfordetails.

ReflectionMethods: Whentheprojectsareturnedinandpresented,thestudentswilltakeapollansweringyesornotothe EssentialQuestion.Afterthedataisgathered,asaclass,wewillcreateadatavisualizationshowingthe results.Eachstudentwillbeprovidedwithacopyofthereport(digitalorpaper)andwillbepromptedto writeareflectionoftheresultsintheirSceinceNotebooks.

Materials

Facilities: classroomwithlabbenchesand chairs

Equipment(nontech): Textbooks ScienceNotebooks(SNB) labbenches

Equipment(tech): 20Chromebooks Projector Elmo wifi

StudentSample
Insertlinkto,orimage(s)of,studentsamplesbelow.