Model-Based Inquiry in Biology
by Ron Gray, Todd Campbell
You shouldn't have to scavenge for high-quality curriculum materials that both center around real-world phenomena and align with A Framework for K–12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards. And now you don't have to—thanks to Model-Based Inquiry in Biology: Three-Dimensional Instructional Units for Grades 9–12. This book will help you engage your biology students in constructing, critiquing, revising, and testing models to explain how things happen in the world. The book is divided into two parts: Section 1 introduces model-based inquiry (MBI) and the ideas that frame it. Section 2 contains four complete MBI biology units. All come with the background, examples, and guidance you need to lead students to their final evidence-based explanations of the phenomena that anchor each unit. The units cover four areas: molecules and organisms, ecosystems, heredity, and biological evolution. The curriculum builds strategically from unit to unit and integrates disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science and engineering practices. The authors—experts in model-based teaching and learning—tested each unit in actual classrooms. They make it clear that by using modeling to explain events, you can shift the emphasis of your biology lessons away from "we need to learn about this topic in order to do well in class" to "we need to figure out why or how something happens." Model-Based Inquiry in Biology will help you to create meaningful learning experiences for your students as they strive to make sense of the world around them.
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Table of Contents
Preface......................................................................................................................ixAbout theAuthors....................................................................................................xiAbout theContributors...........................................................................................xiiiAcknowledgments.....................................................................................................xvIntroduction.............................................................................................................xviiSection 1 Using Model-Based InquiryChapter 1Model-BasedInquiry.......................................................................................................1Chapter 2Framing, Tools, and Routines for Supporting MBIInstruction.................................9Section 2 The MBI UnitsUnit 1. From Molecules to OrganismsStructures and Processes (LS1): General ShermanUnitSummary....................................................................................................................21Eliciting Ideas About the Phenomenon StageSummary................................................. 31Negotiating Ideas and Evidence Through Tasks StageSummary.................................... 33Task 1. What's Inside aSeed?.......................................................................................35TeacherNotes............................................................................................................35StudentHandout........................................................................................................40Task 2. What Is the Function of theEndosperm?.......................................................... 44TeacherNotes............................................................................................................44StudentHandout........................................................................................................52Task 3. How Do Trees UseSugar?.................................................................................58TeacherNotes............................................................................................................58StudentHandout........................................................................................................64Task 4. How Does the Endosperm ProduceSugar?...................................................... 75TeacherNotes............................................................................................................75StudentHandout........................................................................................................80Midunit Model Revision for Unit1...........................................................................................91Task 5. How Do PlantsGrow?.......................................................................................92TeacherNotes............................................................................................................92StudentHandout........................................................................................................97ContentsTask 6. Where Does All That Matter ComeFrom?.......................................................103TeacherNotes..........................................................................................................103StudentHandout......................................................................................................108Task 7. What's Inside aTree?...........................................................................................117TeacherNotes...........................................................................................................117StudentHandout......................................................................................................123Task 8. Does the Environment Affect PlantGrowth?....................................................134TeacherNotes..........................................................................................................134StudentHandout......................................................................................................139Task 9. How Do Trees Survive in DifferentClimates?.................................................. 147TeacherNotes..........................................................................................................147StudentHandout......................................................................................................152Building Consensus StageSummary....................................................................................157Establishing Credibility StageSummary..............................................................................158Evaluation.................................................................................................................159Unit 2. EcosystemsInteractions, Energy, and Dynamics (LS2): Whale PlumesChange the AtmosphereUnitSummary....................................................................................................................161Eliciting Ideas About the Phenomenon StageSummary............................................... 170Negotiating Ideas and Evidence Through Tasks StageSummary................................... 172Task 10. #WhaleLife: Interdependence in MarineCommunities................................... 174TeacherNotes..........................................................................................................174StudentHandout......................................................................................................178Task 11. Limiting Factors forPhytoplankton....................................................................184TeacherNotes..........................................................................................................184StudentHandout......................................................................................................188Task 12. Energy Flow in anEcosystem.............................................................................195TeacherNotes..........................................................................................................195StudentHandout......................................................................................................199Midunit Model Revision for Unit2...............................................................................204Task 13. TrophicCascades.........................................................................................205TeacherNotes.........................................................................................................205StudentHandout.....................................................................................................209Task 14. Carbon CycleGame.............................................................................................215TeacherNotes..........................................................................................................215StudentHandout.....................................................................................................220ContentsTask 15. Testing Your Model: ChlorellaInvestigation.................................................... 225TeacherNotes.........................................................................................................225StudentHandout.....................................................................................................230Building Consensus StageSummary...................................................................................235Establishing Credibility StageSummary......................................................................236Evaluation.................................................................................................................237Unit 3. HeredityInheritance and Variation of Traits (LS3): Skin CancerUnitSummary.........................................................................................................239Eliciting Ideas About the Phenomenon StageSummary.............................................. 248Negotiating Ideas and Evidence Through Tasks StageSummary.................................. 250Task 16. What IsMelanoma?..............................................................................................251TeacherNotes..........................................................................................................251StudentHandout.....................................................................................................255Task 17. Freja'sFactors.............................................................................................262TeacherNotes.........................................................................................................262StudentHandout.....................................................................................................265Task 18. Control of the Cell Cycle OnlineSimulation.................................................. 271TeacherNotes..........................................................................................................271StudentHandout.....................................................................................................275Midunit Model Revision for Unit3...............................................................................280Task 19. DNA Structure Pop BeadModel.........................................................................281TeacherNotes..........................................................................................................281StudentHandout.....................................................................................................285Task 20. What AreProteins?...............................................................................................291TeacherNotes..........................................................................................................291StudentHandout.....................................................................................................294Task 21. Protein SynthesisSimulation.........................................................................297TeacherNotes.........................................................................................................297StudentHandout.....................................................................................................300Task 22. MistakesHappen.........................................................................................308TeacherNotes.........................................................................................................308StudentHandout.......................................................................................................31 1Building Consensus StageSummary....................................................................................316Establishing Credibility StageSummary..............................................................................317Evaluation..................................................................................................................318ContentsUnit 4. Biological EvolutionUnity and Diversity (LS4): Lampsilis MusselUnitSummary...........................................................................................................3 1 9Eliciting Ideas About the Phenomenon StageSummary............................................... 328Negotiating Ideas and Evidence Through Tasks StageSummary.................................. 330Task 23. LureMorphology........................................................................................332TeacherNotes.........................................................................................................332Student Handout (Part1).......................................................................................336Student Handout (Part2).......................................................................................34 1Task 24. GeneticRecombination...............................................................................344TeacherNotes.........................................................................................................344StudentHandout.....................................................................................................348Task 25. I WillSurvive!........................................................................................................354TeacherNotes.........................................................................................................354StudentHandout.....................................................................................................357Midunit Model Revision for Unit4...............................................................................365Task 26. GalapagosFinches.......................................................................................366TeacherNotes.........................................................................................................366StudentHandout.....................................................................................................370Task 27. Does Beak SizeMatter?.................................................................................375TeacherNotes.........................................................................................................375StudentHandout.....................................................................................................378Task 28. Where'd Those Mussels ComeFrom?............................................................ 385TeacherNotes.........................................................................................................385StudentHandout.....................................................................................................389Building Consensus StageSummary...................................................................................397Establishing Credibility StageSummary......................................................................398Evaluation...........................................................................................................399SECTION 3 AppendixesAppendix A. Standards AlignmentMatrixes.........................................................401Appendix B. MBI Explanation Peer-ReviewGuide.............................................. 404Appendix C. Safety AcknowledgmentForm........................................................ 407ImageCredits.........................................................................................................409Index........................................................................................................................4 1 1
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