Driving Question:  What is a healthy diet?

Final Product: Create a one week diet plan based on a specific goal.

Supplemental Questions:
Why can't I eat dessert all the time?
If you had to survive by eating only one food, what would it be?
How can we affect hunger in our community?
Why do we breathe?
How do we get energy?
How do organisms obtain and use the matter and energy they need to live and grow?

Standards:

5.  Students can use the full range of science and engineering practices to make sense of natural phenomena and solve problems that require understanding how individual organisms are configured and how these structures function to support life, growth, behavior and reproduction.

​GLE 3: Organisms use matter and energy to live and grow.

Students can:
Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for how carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen from sugar molecules may combine with other elements to form amino acids and/or other large carbon-based molecules. (HS-LS1-6)

Use a model to illustrate that cellular respiration is a chemical process whereby the bonds of food molecules and oxygen molecules are broken and the bonds in new compounds are formed resulting in a net transfer of energy. (HS-LS1-7)

Key Vocabulary:

Chemistry Section:
  • Proton
  • Neutron
  • Electron
  • Valence Electrons
  • Ionic Bond
  • Covalent Bond
  • Hydrogen Bond
Macromolecules Section:
  • Carbohydrate
  • Lipid
  • Fat
  • Protein
  • Amino Acids
  • Monomer
  • Polymer
Energy Section:
  • Chemical Reaction
  • Activation Energy
  • Cellular Respiration
  • Aerobic
  • Anaerobic
  • Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
  • Fermentation
  • Enzyme

Final Project
Magazine Page:

  • Students are to create ONE page that will be part of a larger, classroom magazine.
  • This is an individual project.
  • Must be colored and appealing to the eye.
  • May be created digitally or typed, cut, and pasted together - scrapbook style.  Format is up to you.  See magazine examples for ideas.  MUST BE ABLE TO PRINT ON AN 8.5 X11 IN. PAPER.
  • Be sure to demonstrate knowledge of the topics we have discussed in class.
  • Three sources are required - one for each section.
  • The page must include the following:
  • A main idea section that must answer one of the supplemental questions above.  
    • Must use at least 3 key vocabulary terms from the list above.
    • Use in-text citations to demonstrate quality research.
    • Must have at least 1 image.
    • About a half of a page in length.
  • A "side-bar" section that provides information about a current health/diet trend of the students' choice.
    • Must use at least 2 key vocabulary terms from the list above
    • Be very specific about the trend and how "healthy" or effective it is.  What is good, bad, concerning, etc.
    • Use in-text citations to demonstrate quality research.
    • Must have at least 1 image.
    • Should be about a paragraph in length.
  • A "fact" information insert that provides a short informational fact about a different topic of the students' choice.
    • Must use at least 1 key vocabulary term from the list above
    • Use in-text citations to demonstrate quality research.
    • Does not require an image.
    • Should be a couple sentences in length.

Content Knowledge

Students will be able to:
1.  Explain how compounds are formed 
2.  Distinguish among ionic, covalent, and hydrogen bonds
3.  Cite evidence for how atoms from sugar molecules may form other large carbon-based molecules
4.   Show how cellular respiration is a chemical process in which bonds are broken and formed, resulting in a net transfer of energy.
5.   Compare the four main groups of organic molecules: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic  acids.
6.   Summarize the role of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in cells.
7.   Construct and revise evidence-based explanations for how carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen form amino acids and large organic molecules.

Resources​

ingredients_and_nutrition_facts.pdf
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biochemical_information.pdf
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video_recap_of_enzymes_by_amoeba_sisters.pdf
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