Personal Health
Interdisciplinary Activities and
Collaborative Research Projects
Developed According to the California State Standards
in Biology Grades 9-12
by Teresa Spiteri
Dos Pueblos High School
RET II UCSB 2006
Classroom Context
* College Prep Biology
* Textbook: Modern Biology
Holt, Reinhart and Winston
* Class Size: 32 Students
* ELL: 1-4 Students
* Students with IEP’s: 1-5 Students
-Attention Deficit Disorder
-Difficulty with note-taking skills
-Extended test time
My 2005 Research Project
* The DAM Enzyme: The Effect of Selective
Mutations on Enzyme Mechanism of Action
(DAM = DNA Adenine Methyltransferase)
* Mentor: Stacey Peterson
* Principal Investigator: Norbert Reich
* The purpose of this project was to shed light
on the regulation mechanism of DAM, which
could lead to future development of antibiotics
to prevent Urinary Tract Infections.
Personal Health
* My Goal: To design interdisciplinary activities and
collaborative research projects that teach students
about their personal health while adhering to
California State Standards in Biology
* SDAIE Strategies
• DRTAs
• Establish background knowledge
• Highlight Essential Vocabulary
• Visual Aids / Graphs / Artwork
• Realia
• Real world applications
• Pair sharing / strategic grouping / group collaboration
• Enhance Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing skills
Modules
*Nutrition
Related to Science Content Standards on organic
macromolecules and nutrients
(Standards 1h, 4e, 9a)
*Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Infections
Related to Science Content Standards on bacteria
and viruses
(Standards 1c, 10c-e)
*Drug Abuse
Related to Science Content Standards on the
nervous system
(Standards 9b-e)
Nutrition Unit
* B-K-W-L-Q
* Text Prereading Guide - Chapter 3
* My Favorite Foods
* Magazine Health Assessment
* Dietary Journal
* Molecular Modeling Activity
* Science Article: The Vitamin Cure
(Discover, May 2005) with Article
Prereading Guide and GIST
* Exit Slip
Nutrition Research Project
* Students will choose an essential vitamin or
nutrient to research
Nutrient Project Topics
* Students will research the physiological
effects of nutrient deficiency and over
consumption
Nutrient Research Guide
* Students will create an informative television
commercial or magazine advertisement for a
food that is plentiful in the nutrient
Nutrient Advertisement Rubric
* Also includes Project Sign Up Sheet, Job Worksheet, Self Evaluation,
and Peer Review
Sexually Transmitted
Diseases and Infections
* B-K-W-L-Q
* Simulation: The Spread of Disease
* Text Prereading Guides Chapter 24 and Chapter 25
* Bacterial Replication Worksheet
* Viral Replication Worksheet
* Science Article: To Banish A
Cancer (Sci. Amer., Feb. 2006) with
Article Prereading Guide and GIST
* Exit Slip
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
and Infections Research Project
* Students will choose a STD or STI to research
STD Project Topics
* Students will research the prevalence, symptoms,
and complications associated with the disease
STD Research Guide
•Students will create a tri-fold informational
pamphlet about their STD or STI
STD Pamphlet Rubric
* Also includes Project Sign Up Sheet, Job Worksheet, Self Evaluation,
Peer Review, and Parent Letter
Drug Abuse
* B-K-W-L-Q
* Text Prereading Guide Chapter 50
* Reaction Time Activity
* Science Articles:
Neuroscientists Probe Psychedelic
Psilocybin (Sci. Amer., Jul. 2006)
and The Brain’s Own Marijuana
(Sci. Amer., Dec. 2004) with Article
Prereading Guides and GIST
* Exit Slip
Drug Abuse Research Project
* Students will choose an abused drug to research
Drug Project Topics
* Students will research the drug’s mechanism of
action, side effects, and dependence
Drug Research Guide
* Students will design an informative Power Point
presentation to show to the class
Drug Power Point Rubric
*Also includes Project Sign Up Sheet, Job Worksheet, Self Evaluation
and Peer Review
Acknowledgments
Martina Michenfelder
Kim Goto
Ann Lippincott
My Fellow RET II Teachers
MRL and NSF