2.1 Essential Question:
Put in writing the question that will engage the students
Put in writing the question that will engage the students
How is secretion of hormone
regulated?
2.2 Grouping Strategy:
Describe the criteria that will be used to form students’ team and how this maps to the goals of the project.
A
team will have 6 students of mixed gender, ability and skill sets, as well as
varied religious, social and economic backgrounds. The team members will get
ample opportunity for interaction with peer group as also to develop their
self-confidence and ability of public speaking by giving them a chance to
present their project findings in front of their class.
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2.3 Learning Environment:
Describe the learning environment for the project including any classroom adaptation that will be required.
The
team will be provided with a small working space in the Junior Science
Laboratory of the school where they can have discussions. They will have
access to computer and internet in the lab for their online research. A
display board and a small storage too will be provided to the team. The
research notes will be converted to documents that the team will maintain in
the computer in the lab. Team members also will collaborate via email as is
required.
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2.4 Assessment Approach:
Describe the approach for:
2.41 Authentic Assessment:
Authentic
do- able tasks that will be carried out by the team will include-
1. Maintaining a diet record for themselves and for a sample population from among their peer group for a time period of 10 days of their project duration.
2. “Peer talks” in class about description of gland-location, appearance, hormone produced.
1. Maintaining a diet record for themselves and for a sample population from among their peer group for a time period of 10 days of their project duration.
2. “Peer talks” in class about description of gland-location, appearance, hormone produced.
3.Seminar
–on common causes of dysfunction.
4.Build
a model of this gland using creativity and any material
5. Questionnaire to be filled by a sample
population in class relating to the problems faced by teenagers when
interacting with their elders.
6. A survey of endocrine diseases affected by people in their locality
6. A survey of endocrine diseases affected by people in their locality
2.42 Formative
Assessment:
Regular
feedback and guidance as and when required will be provide to the students as
they work with the various tools of the project – online research, surveys,
diet records and ppt presentations, model making also to help them prepare the
materials for seminar.
2.43 Summative Assessment:
Assessment
will be conducted based on –
# Model making.
# Report of the project work.
# Power point presentation
# Model making.
# Report of the project work.
# Power point presentation
2.44 Rubrics:
Rubrics
for Endocrine gland project
( To
assess model-accurate, colorful, creative , evidence of effort( 30 points)
Presentation:
eye contact, clear speech, equal participation (10points)
Survey
interpretation, Power point presentation (20 points)
Description
of gland(10 points)
Hormone
produced (10 points)
Diseases
and causes of diseases (10points)
Extra
in formations and correct date of submission(10points)
TOTAL POINTS
2.45 Gradings
Project
grades will include the grades of assessment conducted during the project and
the final project report including the power point presentation.