Biology Semester I Project

Biology Semester I Project

Name:______

Date:______

Period:____

Project Overview: (copy and paste this description on your homepage of your website)

Students will in small groups (3-4) construct a website using This website will incorporate various Web 2.0 tools to support students’ mastery of the 1st semester major topics/standards. The students will select one topic/content standard from semester 1 and build/organize a website with the following requirements: multimedia resources, online tutorials, standard/content explanation, review games, practice test questions. They will gather these resources using internet search engines. Students will then publish the website to share it with other 9-10 grade Biology students.

Potential Topics: Investigation and Experimentation, Cell Biology, Genetics, Evolution.

Standard(s):

• Standard IE: Investigation and Experimentation:Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other four reporting clusters, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations.
• Standard 1: Cell Biology: The fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions that occur in specialized areas of the organism’s cells
• Standard 2: Genetics-Meiosis and Fertilization: Mutation and sexual reproduction lead to genetic variation in a population.
• Standard 3: Punnett Squares and Mendel’s Laws: A multicellular organism develops from a single zygote, and its phenotype depends on its genotype, which is established at fertilization.
• Standard 4: Protein Synthesis: Genes are a set of instructions encoded in the DNA sequence of each organism that specify the sequence of amino acids in proteins characteristic of that organism.
• Standard 5: Genetic Engineering and Structure/Function of Genetic Material: The genetic composition of cells can be altered by incorporation of exogenous DNA into the cells.
• Standard(s) 7&8: Evolution: The frequency of an allele in a gene pool of a population depends on many factors and may be stable or unstable over time. Evolution is the result of genetic changes that occur constantly in changing environments.

Due Dates:

• Parts I-IV.-Nov.30th ___
• Parts V-VII Dec.7th ___
• Peer Reviewed Project Dec. 14th___

Requirements:

1. Complete Parts I-VII.

PartI. Proposal- Develop a proposal in the space below by answering the following questions. Make sure to include this section on your website.

Part II. Standard Summary/Explanation-

• Post the standard on your website.
• Summarize the standard in your own words so that a 9th-10th grader could understand it.
• Identify and define key vocabulary.

Part III. Visual Aides-

• Include at least three online animations with descriptions on the content.
• Include at least three pictures/videos with descriptions that will help students understand the content.
• PowerPoints from class lectures that help students understand the content.

Part IV. Test Preparation-

• Include at least three multiple choice questions you have created.
• Include at least three practice CST questions based on your standard area.
• Include at least three links with online review games with descriptions.

Part V. Online Tutorials/Supporting Resources-

• Include at least three links with explanations of supporting web tutorials or other resources that help students learn the standard/content area you selected.

Part VI. Creative/Interesting Facts-

• Include information on a specific topic in your unit. (i.e. Cells-different types of cancer.)
• Include interesting at least three facts about your topic.

Part VII.

• All resources used need to be properly cited in a citations section of this project. You may collect all of these resources in a word document or add them to a favorites folder on your internet browser. You will be instructed on how to complete the citations sections later.