Introduction: Biology – 1st Cycle Project Options
Due Date: October 9th
Prompt: The purpose of this project is to alternatively assess your learning and provide real-world applications relating to the
instructional objectives for the first grading cycle (as discussed in the course syllabus). You can choose one of the following project
options below for this cycle. Instructional TEKS include:
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Unit #1 – Nature of Science (B3.F – Research and describe the history of biology and contributions of scientists)
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Unit #2 –Ecology (B11.B – Investigate and analyze how organism, populations and communities respond to external factors.)
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Unit #3 – Introduction to Cells (B4.A – Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells; B4.B – Investigate and explain cellular processes)
This project will count as a major grade. The document below is an introduction to the three options – the full rubric for the project is
loaded on the class website. If you would like to propose an independent project relating to the instructional objectives, please speak
with Mrs. Flores in private. Late projects will be reduced by 10 points for each day late, beginning October 9th any time after your class
period. If you have any questions, please ask! Good luck!
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Description
Option #1 Scientist Newsletter - (pg. 3-4) You will research a key scientist whose research impacts our
knowledge of biology and design an informational newsletter (1 page) using Microsoft Publisher.
The newsletter will include photographs and/or graphics, background information (childhood, education, etc.),
Students will choose 1 of the 3 topics listed for the cycle project.
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and information on the important and major discoveries of the scientist.
A copy of the newsletter must be printed and emailed to Mrs. Flores (sflores@ccisd.net) or physically loaded on
Mrs. Flores’s desktop computer by your class period on Thursday, October 9th. You will use the library for
research and will need access to a computer and a printer.
Option #2 Awareness Poster (pg. 5-6) – You will research an endangered species and develop an action plan for
how we may prevent the extinction of the species. The awareness poster will be a poster sized paper, and will
include information about the species and color images. You will describe how the species became endangered,
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where the species lives naturally and inhabits, as well as how the species has adapted to survive. The poster may
be composed of handwritten information and hand drawn images, or be computer generated. The completed
poster must be turned in by Thursday, October 9th. You will use the library for research and will need a poster,
and access to glue, markers, and/or colored pencils.
Option #3 Cell Video Tutorial (pg. 7-8) – You will produce an educational video tutorial to review prokaryotic
and eukaryotic cells and key cell parts. You will explain and describe the components of cells, including
important organelles and the differences between the various types of cells in a short 5 to 7 minute video. You
can design the video tutorial with whatever materials you choose. Groups can be composed of no more than 3
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members and all members must actively participate in the production process. You must create a digital video
for this project; videos can be filmed using your tablets, but must be sent to Mrs. Flores via email. A copy of the
tutorial must be emailed to Mrs. Flores (sflores@ccisd.net) or physically loaded on Mrs. Flores’s desktop
computer by your class period on Thursday, October 9th. You will need access to a recording device and
computer with editing software, in addition to a printer to print your works cited page.
Individualized rubrics for the projects listed must be printed from www.brookbiology.com on the “Tests and Projects” page.
Be sure to print yours today to begin working!
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This calendar lists the tutorial days
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prior to the due date for the
September 2014
Wed
Tue
Thu
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project. If at any time you need
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Projects
Introduced!
assistance with your project, please
CBHS Library
Introduction
come to tutorials!
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Project Option
Query!
PM Tutorial Day!
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PM Tutorial Day!
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Option #2
Deadline –
Identify the
Species!
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PM Tutorial Day!
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PM Tutorial Day!
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No School
PM Tutorial Day!
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PM Tutorial Day!
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Projects Due!
Option #3
Presentations
Additional Resources
PM Tutorial Day!
Special PM Tutorial
Day!
Scientists
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http://www.eiu.edu/wism/about_biographies.php
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http://www.famousscientists.org/
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http://www.sciencechannel.com/famous-scientists-discoveries
Endangered Species
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http://www.fws.gov/endangered/
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
https://worldwildlife.org/species/directory?direction=desc&sort=extinction_status
Cells
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http://www.wiley.com/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/cell_structure/cell_structure.htm
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http://www.projectsharetexas.org/resource/prokaryotic-and-eukaryotic-cells-structure-and-function-cells
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http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/insideacell/
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Name ____________________________________________________
Per ___
1st Cycle Biology Grading Rubric: Option #1 – Scientist Newsletter
Due Date: October 9th
Prompt: The purpose of this project is to alternatively assess your learning and provide real-world applications
relating to the instructional objectives for the first grading cycle. You will research a key scientist whose research
impacts our knowledge of biology and design an informational newsletter (1 page) using Microsoft Publisher. The
newsletter will include photographs and/or graphics, background information (childhood, education, etc.), and
information on the important and major discoveries of the scientist. A copy of the newsletter must be printed and
emailed to Mrs. Flores (sflores@ccisd.net) or physically loaded on Mrs. Flores’s desktop computer by your class
period on Thursday, October 9th. You will use the library for research and will need access to a computer and a
printer. This project will count as a major grade. Read each section of the rubric carefully to receive full credit. Late
projects will be reduced by 10 points for each day late, beginning October 9th period any time after your class period.
If you have any questions, please ask! Good luck!
You will draw for one of the following:
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek (Cell theory, Protists)
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J. Craig Venter (Gene Sequencing)
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Barbara McClintock (Genetics)
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Jan Ingenhousz (Photosynthesis)
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Charles Darwin (Evolution)
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Jane Goodall (Primates)
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Daniel Nathans & Hamilton Smith (restriction
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Linus Pauling (Biochemistry)
enzymes)
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Lynn Margulis (Organelles)
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David Baltimore (Reverse transcriptase)
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Matthias Schleiden (Cell theory, Plants)
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Diane Fossey (Primates)
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Robert Brown (Nucleus)
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Ernest Everett Just (Cells)
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Robert Hooke (Cell theory, Cork)
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Erwin Chargaff (Biochemistry)
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Robert Koch (Bacteria)
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Francis Crick & James Watson (DNA)
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Rosalind Franklin (DNA)
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Frederick Sanger (Genetic Code)
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Rudolf Vichow (Cell theory)
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George Beadle & Edward Lawrie Tatum (Enzymes)
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Theodor Schwann (Cell theory, Animals)
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Gregor Mendel (Genetics)
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Thomas Hunt Morgan (Genes)
Pts
Description
Received
Comments
Sources - You are to use at least 3 sources – either print or from CCISD’s online
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resources; Gale, Facts on File, Science Online, etc. Each source should be
identified in an MLA citation [see below].
Works Cited - You will identify sources within a works cited page, printed and
Research
attached to the rubric; all information presented in the newsletter needs to be
cited. Students may NOT cite information posted on Wikipedia, Wiki-answers,
Google, Ask.com, and/or Yahoo! Answers or other, non-academic website.
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You may use the website Son of Citation Machine, EasyBib, or another site to
format the works cited. The list should be formatted according to MLA
guidelines such as:

Double Spaced; alphabetized; hanging indention, etc.
For more information, visit the Clear Brook librarian or access the Purdue
Online Writing Lab @ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/.
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Writing
The newsletter will be written in complete sentences and be free of
grammatical errors. It will communicate the information to others with the
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specific purpose of educating others. You are to include effective introductory
and concluding paragraphs and a variety of sentence structures. Overall, the
newsletter will show sufficient time and effort.
You will create a headline and write an article about the scientist(s) whose
Articles & Vocabulary
inventions and/or discoveries contributed to biology.
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Include background information on the scientist(s)
o Childhood, education, etc.
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Important and major discoveries, achievements that relate to biology
You will create a headline and write a secondary article relating somehow the
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first articles topic of discussion.
EX Main Article: Albert Einstein; Secondary Article: Germany [his country of birth]
Students will identify underline new and useful vocabulary words from the
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articles (at least 5; they need not be scientific) and define them in a separate
section of the newsletter.
Graphics & Hyperlinks
At least 2 pictures and/or graphics should be added to the newsletter; each
must identify the website of origin beneath the image and be hyperlinked.
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To hyperlink a picture:
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Highlight the picture
Right click
Click “hyperlink…”
Paste the website URL address in the address bar
Press “ok”
No credit will be awarded without the website URL caption and a hyperlink.
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Total
General Comments
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Name ____________________________________________________
Biology Grading Rubric:
1st
Per ___
Cycle Option #2 – Awareness Poster
Prompt: The purpose of this project is to alternatively assess your learning and provide real-world applications
relating to the instructional objectives for the first grading cycle. You will research an endangered species and
develop an action plan for how we may prevent the extinction of the species. The awareness poster will be poster
sized paper, and will include information about the species and color images. You will describe how the species
became endangered, where the species lives naturally and in habitats, as well as how the species has adapted to
survive. The poster may be composed of handwritten information and hand drawn images, or be computer
generated. The completed poster must be turned in by Thursday, October 9 th. You will use the library for research
and will need a poster, and access to glue, markers, and/or colored pencils. This project will count as a major grade.
Read each section of the rubric carefully to receive full credit. Late projects will be reduced by 10 points for each day
late, beginning October 9th period any time after your class period. If you have any questions, please ask! Good luck!
Pts
Description
Received
Comments
Preparation
Selecting an Organism
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Find an endangered organism that interests you from the approved
list from www.iucnredlist.org.
Clear the organism with your teacher (at tutorials or via email
sflores@ccisd.net) by September 29th; there can only be one of each
organism per class.
Sources - You are to use at least 3 sources – either print or from CCISD’s
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online resources; Gale, Facts on File, Science Online, etc. Each source
should be identified in an MLA citation [see below].
Works Cited - You will identify sources within a works cited page, printed
and attached to the rubric; all information presented in the poster needs
Research
to be cited. Students may NOT cite information posted on Wikipedia,
Wiki-answers, Google, Ask.com, and/or Yahoo! Answers or other, nonacademic website.
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You may use the website Son of Citation Machine, EasyBib, or another
site to format the works cited. The list should be formatted according to
MLA guidelines such as:

Double Spaced; alphabetized; hanging indention, etc.
For more information, visit the Clear Brook librarian or access the Purdue
Online Writing Lab @
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/.
Writing
The poster will be written in complete sentences and be free of
grammatical errors. It will communicate the information to others with
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the specific purpose of educating others. You are to well-written
paragraphs and a variety of sentence structures. Overall, the poster will
show sufficient time and effort.
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You will create an awareness poster about one endangered species
currently alive on Earth.
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Include background information
o Description of natural habitat and map, image of
Poster & Vocabulary
species, how the species became endangered, data on
the species
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Include an action plan on what people can do to increase species’
numbers and prevent extinction.
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Include information about the adaptations that the species has
made in order to survive, or about adaptations that need to occur
in order for the species to survive.
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Include information about where the species may be found
outside of its natural habitat (in a zoo, research facility,
conservation land, etc.)
Students will identify underline new and useful vocabulary words from
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the awareness poster (at least 5; they need not be scientific) and define
them in a separate section of the poster.
Graphics
At least 2 pictures and/or maps should be added to the poster; if not
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drawn by hand, each must identify the website of origin beneath the
image.
No credit will be awarded without the website hyperlink URL caption.
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Total
General Comments
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Name ____________________________________________________
Biology Grading Rubric:
1st
Per ___
Cycle Option #3 - Video Tutorial
Due Date: October 9th
Prompt: You will produce an educational video tutorial to review prokaryote and eukaryotic cells and key cell parts.
You will to explain and describe the components of cells, including important organelles and the differences between
the various types of cells in a short 5 to 7 minute video. You can design the video tutorial with whatever materials
you choose. Groups can be composed of no more than 3 members and all members must actively participate in the
production process. You must create a digital video for this project; videos can be filmed using your tablets, but must
be sent to Mrs. Flores via email. A copy of the tutorial must be emailed to Mrs. Flores (sflores@ccisd.net) or physically
loaded on Mrs. Flores’s desktop computer by your class period on Thursday, October 9 th. This project will count as a
major grade. Read each section of the rubric carefully to receive full credit. Late projects will be reduced by 10 points
for each day late, beginning October 9th period any time after your class period. If you have any questions, please
ask! Good luck!
Pts
Description
Received
Comments
Sources - You are to use at least 3 sources – either print or from CCISD’s
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online resources; Gale, Facts on File, Science Online, etc. Each source
should be identified in an MLA citation [see below].
Works Cited - You will identify sources within a works cited page, printed
and attached to the rubric; all information presented in the newsletter
Research
needs to be cited. Students may NOT cite information posted on
Wikipedia, Wiki-answers, Google, Ask.com, and/or Yahoo! Answers or
other, non-academic website.
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You may use the website Son of Citation Machine, EasyBib, or another
site to format the works cited. The list should be formatted according to
MLA guidelines such as:

Double Spaced; alphabetized; hanging indention, etc.
For more information, visit the Clear Brook librarian or access the Purdue
Online Writing Lab @
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/.
Introduction - The students will describe the following in a segment
Introduction
titled “Introduction”. You will introduction yourself and introduce the
tutorial.
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Students MUST explain the following:
 Explain the history of cell theory
 Explain the basic structure of a cell
 Identify the similarities/differences between prokaryotes and
eukaryotes
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Organelles - The students will describe the following in a segment titled
“Organelles and Processes”.
Organelles
Students are to identify organelles and the important processes relating
to them. Students MUST explain the following:
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Cell Wall
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Chloroplasts
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Cytoplasm
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Mitochondria
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Nucleus
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Plasma Membrane
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Ribosome
Visuals
Visuals - You will include at least 3 visuals to include diagrams, posters,
drawings, and/or models that explain the concepts in the tutorial.
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The visuals must be large enough to be seen in the video and useful to
the segments in the tutorial.
Performance - Script will be clearly performed and confidently presented
by all group members.
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Performance
All participants will display mastery of topic through spoken expression
and proper preparation (a history of practice).
Overall, you will understand the difference between prokaryotic cells
and eukaryotic cells and show knowledge of the processes that occur
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within eukaryotic cells. The explanation should be informative, but
creative. The tutorial will communicate information to others with the
specific purpose of educating others.
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Total
Peer Evaluations: Avg ______
General Comments
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The list below is to be used for assignment purposes – students will identify the project they want, and, if they choose option #1,
they will draw a number to match with their topic.
1. Anton van Leeuwenhoek (Cell theory, Protists)
2. Barbara McClintock (Genetics)
3. Charles Darwin (Evolution)
4. Daniel Nathans & Hamilton Smith (restriction enzymes)
5. David Baltimore (Reverse transcriptase)
6. Diane Fossey (Primates)
7. Ernest Everett Just (Cells)
8. Erwin Chargaff (Biochemistry)
9. Francis Crick & James Watson (DNA)
10. Frederick Sanger (Genetic Code)
11. George Beadle & Edward Lawrie Tatum (Enzymes)
12. Gregor Mendel (Genetics)
13. J. Craig Venter (Gene Sequencing)
14. Jan Ingenhousz (Photosynthesis)
15. Jane Goodall (Primates)
16. Linus Pauling (Biochemistry)
17. Lynn Margulis (Organelles)
18. Matthias Schleiden (Cell theory, Plants)
19. Robert Brown (Nucleus)
20. Robert Hooke (Cell theory, Cork)
21. Robert Koch (Bacteria)
22. Rosalind Franklin (DNA)
23. Rudolf Vichow (Cell theory)
24. Theodor Schwann (Cell theory, Animals)
25. Thomas Hunt Morgan (Genes)
The list below is to be used for assignment purposes – students will identify the project they want, and, if they choose option #2,
they are to clear their topic with you by Sept 29th.
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