Rubric:

Explain the purposes of cell division.             

Mapped Outcomes: Summarize the

differences between the two types of

cellular division in eukaryotes.

Mapped Outcomes: Compare cell

division in eukaryotes and

prokaryotes.

Describe how mitosis is different from

binary fission.

Mapped Outcomes: Compare cell

division in eukaryotes and

prokaryotes.

Define nondisjunction and use the

subject of nondisjunction to explore

aberrations in cellular division and

chromosome numbers. This can be

done in terms of mitosis, meiosis, or

both.

Mapped Outcomes: Explain the

importance of cells in our

understanding of biology.

Explain autosomal nondisjunction in relation to Down syndrome. Use statistics and patient profiles to help engage your audience. Mapped Outcomes: Explain the importance of cells in our understanding of biology.

Choose five components of eukaryotic

cells and compare them to a part of a

city. For example, the nucleus can be

the City Hall, and the chloroplast could

be a solar power farm.

Mapped Outcomes: Summarize the

functions of cellular components.

Be sure to point out how prokaryotic

cells are different from eukaryotic

cells, as if you were comparing two

cities.

Mapped Outcomes: Compare cell

division in eukaryotes and

prokaryotes.

Familiarize the audience with energy

conversions in a cell by relating it to a

force that flows through us. Explain

how food is broken down into

progressively smaller molecules with less chemical energy and how that process releases energy. Mapped Outcomes: Analyze energy flows in cells.

Discuss how active transport by the

sodium-potassium pump uses energy

from ATP to get a nerve cell ready to

fire. (Research this topic using a library

and/or the Internet.)

Mapped Outcomes: Analyze transport

across the plasma membrane.