History: Development of Cell Research
In exploring the history of cell development, you will engage in a scavenger hunt. You will create a time line of the development of cell research. The websites that you will use are linked below.
Things to consider: What are some of the major milestones in Cell Research? What were some of the advancements? What were some set backs? Who were the major researchers involved? Who were some of the important individuals involved?
Include the following points on your time line: What was the first documented event in Cell Research. What happened in cell research 30 years before your birth? 25 years before your birth? 20 years before your birth? 15 years before your birth? 10 years before your birth? What was a major event in cell research that occurred within 2 years of your birth? What were major events in cell research that occurred 5 years after your birth? 10 years after your birth? Have there been any important milestones in the last 6 months?
Once you have created your time line you are to write a paragraph discussing how the history of cell research has helped children your age. Consider how childhood diseases have been affected. How would things be different without the history of cell research? How will it help you and other children in the future? You will share your paragraph with the class.
Lets Go Exploring!
http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f87d4c2a71fca210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD (click the research tab)
http://stemcell.childrenshospital.org/about-stem-cells/ (explore the different content tabs)
http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/cells_tissues_organs/cell_history_discovery3.php (read, scroll down, and click next. Watch the videos along the way.)
http://kidshealth.org/kid/ (In the search box type: cells. Read through the articles, paying close attention to the ones about childhood disease. Example: cancer, sickle cell anemia.)
Teachers Corner:
CCSS: ELA-Literacy.R1.5.3: Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. ELA- Literacy. R1.5.7: Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
How is it relevant in the classroom: By creating an timeline and writing a paragraph students are examining the interactions between the scientists, researchers, and important individuals involved in cell research. Students will have to use the information from the sites and documents provided to look at both the scientific and historical implications of cellular research. Students will have to inferences from the text to explain how things would be different without and what the future will be like because of cell research. Students will be using the multiple resources to write their paragraph and to answer the questions needed to create their historical timeline.
Continue the research: This lesson would work well at the beginning of the year. It is recommended that timelines be posted around the room. Have students revisit the topic of cell research throughout the year and have them add to their times lines any information that they find relevant or any new breakthroughs that are made. Students may also be encouraged to find out their family history of cancer. Students can write a research paper addressing how cell research has affected their family.
In exploring the history of cell development, you will engage in a scavenger hunt. You will create a time line of the development of cell research. The websites that you will use are linked below.
Things to consider: What are some of the major milestones in Cell Research? What were some of the advancements? What were some set backs? Who were the major researchers involved? Who were some of the important individuals involved?
Include the following points on your time line: What was the first documented event in Cell Research. What happened in cell research 30 years before your birth? 25 years before your birth? 20 years before your birth? 15 years before your birth? 10 years before your birth? What was a major event in cell research that occurred within 2 years of your birth? What were major events in cell research that occurred 5 years after your birth? 10 years after your birth? Have there been any important milestones in the last 6 months?
Once you have created your time line you are to write a paragraph discussing how the history of cell research has helped children your age. Consider how childhood diseases have been affected. How would things be different without the history of cell research? How will it help you and other children in the future? You will share your paragraph with the class.
Lets Go Exploring!
http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f87d4c2a71fca210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD (click the research tab)
http://stemcell.childrenshospital.org/about-stem-cells/ (explore the different content tabs)
http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/cells_tissues_organs/cell_history_discovery3.php (read, scroll down, and click next. Watch the videos along the way.)
http://kidshealth.org/kid/ (In the search box type: cells. Read through the articles, paying close attention to the ones about childhood disease. Example: cancer, sickle cell anemia.)
Teachers Corner:
CCSS: ELA-Literacy.R1.5.3: Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. ELA- Literacy. R1.5.7: Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
How is it relevant in the classroom: By creating an timeline and writing a paragraph students are examining the interactions between the scientists, researchers, and important individuals involved in cell research. Students will have to use the information from the sites and documents provided to look at both the scientific and historical implications of cellular research. Students will have to inferences from the text to explain how things would be different without and what the future will be like because of cell research. Students will be using the multiple resources to write their paragraph and to answer the questions needed to create their historical timeline.
Continue the research: This lesson would work well at the beginning of the year. It is recommended that timelines be posted around the room. Have students revisit the topic of cell research throughout the year and have them add to their times lines any information that they find relevant or any new breakthroughs that are made. Students may also be encouraged to find out their family history of cancer. Students can write a research paper addressing how cell research has affected their family.