Week 2 Learning Goals
Explore and Analyze Systems in Nature
Week 2 Overview
Learning Objectives
Students will form groups based on the same organism in order to share information. They will work together to complete a Biology 4 -Box on their chosen organism. They will synthesize their findings and share them by posting on a Padlet. Students will compare and contrast how different organisms suction and clamp.
Before the Lesson
Engage 5 min

View: Get out your Organism Profile and SFM. Form table groups based on the organism you researched.

Note: Can print tent cards or use sticky notes

Explain 5 min

View Organizer: 2.2.3. Biology 4-Box

Today we will Jigsaw again! But this time we will be sharing information in groups based on the same organism. In order to understand the biological system, you will work with your group to complete the Biology 4 Box. Each group will complete one handout, then take a photo and post it to Padlet.

View Organizer: 2.2.3 Biology 4-Box BLANK

Evaluate 30 min

Organism Presentations

Create a single presentation for your group under the name of your organism. As a group, decide who will be completing each task. You will upload/answer the following information:

Create a single presentation for your group under the name of your organism. As a group, decide who will be completing each task . You will upload/answer the following information:

  • Organism Sketch
  • Zoom-In Image
  • SFM Image
  • 4-Box Image

As a group, decide who will be completing each card.

Note: Only one person can edit a card at one time. Click on the ellipses on the card in order to edit. Make sure to keep your cards in the proper column (don't drag them). Use the slider bar to see all of the cards.

Teacher Note: Pull up the link to the class Padlet on the smartboard so you can view the posts in real time.

Elaborate 10 min

Guided Discussion:

A function can be accomplished by many different Mechanisms.

  • What similarities did you notice in your organisms?
  • In their structures?
  • In their functions?
  • In their mechanisms?

Each organism suctions and clamps slightly differently. Each has different structures and, therefore, different mechanisms to perform the function: either to suction or clamp. We will explore how these mechanisms have been interpreted by engineers at our next class.

Teacher Note: During the next class, the teacher will need to prepare Inquiry Stations in the classroom prior to students arriving in class. Complete directions for set up are included in the 2.2.1. Lesson.

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