Unit 1: How Is Life Organized? PDF

 UNIT 1 - HOW IS LIFE ORGANIZED? Statement of Inquiry Your identity is determined by the Wednesday 1 January 2025 relationship between different levels of Global Context organization in your body which, although differing in complexity, share patter...

 UNIT 1 - HOW IS LIFE ORGANIZED? Statement of Inquiry Your identity is determined by the Wednesday 1 January 2025 relationship between different levels of Global Context organization in your body which, although differing in complexity, share patterns Identities and Relationships and functions with all life on Earth. Exploration: Organization Related concepts Key concept ATL Skills – Self management Patterns Function Relationships Practice effective organization by setting goals for researching Inquiry question: Factual: What are the main differences between specialized cells and stem cells? What is the role of stem cells in tissue repair and regeneration? Conceptual: How does cell specialization contribute to the overall function and survival of an organism? Why can stem cells be considered a foundational component of complex organisms? Debatable: Should stem cell research be restricted to certain types, such as adult stem cells, over embryonic stem cells? To what extent should stem cell therapy be used in treating chronic diseases?  Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the differences between Understand the functions of specialized cells and stem specialized cells and stem cells cells and evaluate their role in human development and regenerative medicine. DO NOW – Think, Pair, Share Learning Outcomes: Describe the differences Name as many different types of cells in the human body between specialized cells and as you can! What is the difference between these cells? stem cells Analyze the processes of cell differentiation and identify the potential uses of stem cells in medical treatments. Evaluate the ethical implications of stem cell research and discuss its potential impact on healthcare and society.Concepts Relationships, Patterns and Functions ATL Skills – Self Management  Learning Objectives: Understand the functions of Most cells are specialized, meaning that each type of cell has a specialized cells and stem specific structure and function. cells and evaluate their role in human development and regenerative medicine. One of the most common types of questions on an eAssessment is Learning Outcomes: Describe the differences something like: between specialized cells and stem cells Analyze the "Explain how the structure of the cell (or cell organelle) shown is processes of cell specialized for its function." differentiation and identify the potential uses of stem cells in This requires you to: medical treatments. Evaluate the ethical Claim – state what specialized cell / organelle is in the picture implications of stem cell research and discuss its Evidence – state what physical features are present potential impact on healthcare and society.Concepts Reasoning – 1. state the function of the structure and 2. explain Relationships, Patterns and how the physical features support it. Functions ATL Skills – Self Management  Learning Objectives: Understand the functions of Example: Neuron as a specialized cell. specialized cells and stem cells and evaluate their role in human development and CLAIM: This is a neuron. regenerative medicine. Learning Outcomes: Evidence Reasoning Describe the differences between specialized cells and It is thin and long. This means it can carry stem cells Analyze the electrical signals over large processes of cell distances. differentiation and identify the potential uses of stem cells in It has branched These join to other nerve cells, medical treatments. connections at each allowing them to pass Evaluate the ethical end. electrical signals. implications of stem cell It has a fatty (myelin) The fatty sheath increases research and discuss its potential impact on healthcare sheath that the speed at which the and society. surrounds them. signals can travel. Concepts Relationships, Patterns and Functions ATL Skills – Self Management  Learning Objectives: Understand the functions of Task: Explain specialized cells specialized cells and stem cells and evaluate their role in For each cell below, evaluate which type of cell it is and human development and regenerative medicine. justify its specialization using the appropriate evidence Learning Outcomes: (visible features) and reasoning. Describe the differences between specialized cells and stem cells Analyze the processes of cell differentiation and identify the potential uses of stem cells in medical treatments. Evaluate the ethical Claim: Evidence: Reasoning: implications of stem cell research and discuss its Blood Large surface area Absorbs water and minerals potential impact on healthcare through cell membrane and society.Concepts Leaf Many chloroplasts Carries oxygen in blood and Relationships, Patterns and needs as much space as Functions Root No nucleus possible ATL Skills – Self Management Performs photosynthesis  Learning Objectives: Understand the functions of specialized cells and stem 2. Analyze the processes of cell cells and evaluate their role in differentiation and identify the human development and potential uses of stem cells in medical regenerative medicine. treatments. How do cells become specialized? Learning Outcomes: Describe the differences between specialized cells and Using the video below, analyze differentiation and explain stem cells Analyze the the use of stem cells. processes of cell differentiation and identify the potential uses of stem cells in medical treatments. Evaluate the ethical implications of stem cell research and discuss its potential impact on healthcare and society.Concepts Relationships, Patterns and Functions ATL Skills – Self Management  Learning Objectives: Review: Understand the functions of Stem cells in animal cells specialized cells and stem cells and evaluate their role in human development and regenerative medicine. Learning Outcomes:Most plants and animals are Describe the differences between specialized cells and stem cells Analyze the multicellular. The processes of cell human body is made differentiation and identify the potential uses of stemup of around cells in 200 medical treatments. Evaluate the ethical different types of cells all working together. implications of stem cell research and discuss its potential impact on healthcare and society.Concepts Relationships, Patterns and Functions ATL Skills – Self Management  Learning Objectives: Review: Understand the functions of Stem cells in plant cells specialized cells and stem cells and evaluate their role in human development and regenerative medicine. Unlike animals, many plant cells retain the ability to differentiate and specialize Learning Outcomes: Describe the differences throughout their life. These cells found in tissues are called meristems. between specialized cells and stem cells Analyze the processes of cell differentiation and identify the potential uses of stem cells in medical treatments. Evaluate the ethical implications of stem cell research and discuss its potential impact on healthcare and society.Concepts Relationships, Patterns and Functions ATL Skills – Self Management  Learning Objectives: Understand the functions of Differentiation and Growth specialized cells and stem cells and evaluate their role in human development and regenerative medicine. Learning Outcomes: Describe the differences between specialized cells and stem cells Analyze the processes of cell differentiation and identify the potential uses of stem cells in medical treatments. Evaluate the ethical implications of stem cell research and discuss its Recall to better understand the diagram: potential impact on healthcare and society.Concepts 1. What is the name of cells that don't specialize? Relationships, Patterns and Functions 2. What is the term for the process of specialization? ATL Skills – Self Management 3. What type of cell division happens in human cells?  Learning Objectives: Understand the functions of specialized cells and stem cells and evaluate their role in human development and regenerative medicine. Learning Outcomes: Describe the differences between specialized cells and stem cells Analyze the processes of cell differentiation and identify the potential uses of stem cells in medical treatments. Evaluate the ethical implications of stem cell research and discuss its potential impact on healthcare and society.Concepts Relationships, Patterns and Functions ATL Skills – Self Management  Learning Objectives: Understand the functions of specialized cells and stem cells and evaluate their role in human development and regenerative medicine. Learning Outcomes: Describe the differences between specialized cells and stem cells Analyze the processes of cell differentiation and identify the potential uses of stem cells in medical treatments. Evaluate the ethical implications of stem cell research and discuss its potential impact on healthcare and society.Concepts Relationships, Patterns and E.g. stem cells of bone marrow, which divide to form cells Functions that develop into red blood cells, white blood cells and ATL Skills – Self platelets and more cells forming stem cells. Management  Learning Objectives: Understand the functions of Evaluate the ethical implications of specialized cells and stem cells and evaluate their role in stem cell research and discuss its human development and potential impact on healthcare and regenerative medicine. society. Learning Outcomes: Describe the differences between specialized cells and stem cells Analyze the processes of cell differentiation and identify the potential uses of stem cells in medical treatments. Evaluate the ethical implications of stem cell research and discuss its potential impact on healthcare and society.Concepts Relationships, Patterns and Functions ATL Skills – Self Management  Learning Objectives: Understand the functions of specialized cells and stem Evaluate the ethical implications of cells and evaluate their role in stem cell research and discuss its human development and potential impact on healthcare and regenerative medicine. society. The ethical implications of stem cell research are Learning Outcomes: Describe the differences complex and center around concerns related to the between specialized cells and source of stem cells, especially embryonic stem stem cells Analyze the cells, which involve the destruction of human processes of cell embryos. Supporters argue that the potential differentiation and identify the health benefits, such as treating diseases like potential uses of stem cells in Parkinson’s, diabetes, and spinal cord injuries, medical treatments. justify the research. However, opponents raise Evaluate the ethical moral concerns about embryo use and advocate implications of stem cell for alternative sources like adult or induced research and discuss its pluripotent stem cells. potential impact on healthcare In healthcare, stem cell research has the potential and society.Concepts to revolutionize treatment by providing new regenerative therapies, potentially reducing the Relationships, Patterns and Functions need for organ transplants and leading to personalized medicine. However, it also raises ATL Skills – Self societal issues around access, as these treatments Management may be costly and not equally available to all,  Learning Objectives: Understand the functions of Exit Ticket! specialized cells and stem cells and evaluate their role in human development and regenerative medicine. 1. Explain in your own words what Learning Outcomes: stem cells are and why they are Describe the differences between specialized cells and important in the process of stem cells Analyze the differentiation. processes of cell differentiation and identify the 2. Provide an example of a specific potential uses of stem cells in type of stem cell and describe how it medical treatments. Evaluate the ethical differentiates into a specialized cell implications of stem cell type. research and discuss its potential impact on healthcare and society.Concepts Relationships, Patterns and Functions ATL Skills – Self Management