2. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
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3. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Get
Started
Genetics
Environment
Economic Status
Lifestyle
Which of the following do you think
most influences your health?
4. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Get
Started
Discuss in your group the reason you
made your choice.
Decide on a spokesperson to report to the
class your group’s reasons for your
choice.
What most influences your health?
5. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
What do you think is the leading
cause of death worldwide?
6. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Introduction
What are some examples of infectious
diseases?
What are some examples of noninfectious
diseases?
Read the introduction.
7. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
What do health indicators show
about world health and
sustainability?
Challenge
8. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Procedure
Sustainability is the ability to meet a
community’s present needs without
compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.
9. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Procedure
Social
Economic
Environmental
Sustainability Indicator Groupings
10. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
World Health Data Sets
11. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Procedure
How did your group sort the countries
based on data sets one and two?
How do the two data sets compare?
World Health Data Sets 1 and 2
12. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Procedure
What are some possible reasons for the
high under-five mortality rate in some
countries?
Is there a relationship between life
expectancy and the types of diseases
people in a country are dying from?
World Health Data Sets 1 and 2
13. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Procedure
Is there any financial information that can
help explain the risk factors for a given
country?
What would you predict for the
measurements for the missing indicators
for some countries?
World Health Data Sets 3 and 4
14. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Procedure
What links do you notice between the four
data sets?
Are there any risk factors that are related
to the incidence of disease and mortality?
World Health Data Sets 1 – 4
15. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Procedure
What does the graph on the following
slide indicate is the leading cause of
death worldwide?
16. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Disease and Income Level
17. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Top 10 Causes of Death by Income
Level
18. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Top 10 Causes of Death by Income
Level
19. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Top 10 Causes of Death by Income
Level
20. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Follow Up
Compare the top 10 causes of death to
what you thought were the leading
causes of death at the beginning of the
activity. Is there anything that surprises
you about the data?
21. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Follow Up
What similarities and differences did you
notice in the groupings for World Health
Data Sets 1 and 2 and Sets 3 and 4?
Analysis 1
22. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Follow Up
How is the sustainability of a community
tied to disease? Give examples of social,
environmental, and economic factors in
your answer.
Analysis 3
23. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
What do health indicators show
about world health and
sustainability?
Revisit the
Challenge
24. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability
evidence
indicator
infectious disease
noninfectious disease
sustainability
Key
Vocabulary
26. Activity 2: Cells and Disease
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27. Activity 2: Cells and Disease
Get
Started
Where do you think cells are involved in
life processes?
Why do you think scientists and doctors
study cells?
28. Activity 2: Cells and Disease
Introduction
A disease is any breakdown in the
structure or function of an organism.
Read the introduction.
29. Activity 2: Cells and Disease
Activity 2: Cells and Disease
How do observations of cells
help doctors and scientists
diagnose and study diseases?
Challenge
30. Activity 2: Cells and Disease
Activity 2: Cells and Disease
Using a Microscope
31. Activity 2: Cells and Disease
Procedure
Read the patient histories and table of
possible diseases before you get your
microscope slides.
Compare each patient’s blood sample to
the typical blood sample.
Part B: Observing Blood
33. Activity 2: Cells and Disease
Follow Up
What diagnosis did you give to Patient A,
and what was your evidence?
What diagnosis did you give Patient B,
and why?
34. Activity 2: Cells and Disease
Activity 2: Cells and Disease
Observe the diagrams below. Which patient would
you diagnose with sickle cell disease? Explain,
using evidence from this activity.
Analysis 3
Patient 1 Patient 2
35. Activity 2: Cells and Disease
Activity 2: Cells and Disease
Based on the diagrams, how does the shape of
normal red blood cells help them perform their
function? How does the shape of sickled red blood
cells prevent them from performing their function?
36. Activity 2: Cells and Disease
Follow Up
How do microscope observations of cells
help doctors and scientists diagnose and
study diseases? Give specific examples
from this activity.
Analysis 4
37. Activity 2: Cells and Disease
Activity 2: Cells and Disease
From what you learned about malaria in the case
study:
◦ A trade-off is an exchange of one thing in return for
another, giving up something that is a benefit or
advantage, in exchange for something that may be more
desirable. What are the trade-offs of using insecticides to
kill the mosquitoes?
◦ What are the benefits of using insecticides to kill
mosquitoes that might be carrying Plasmodium?
Analysis 5
38. Activity 2: Cells and Disease
Activity 2: Cells and Disease
How do observations of cells
help doctors and scientists
diagnose and study diseases?
Revisit the
Challenge
41. Activity 3: What Is a Cell?
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42. Activity 3: What Is a Cell?
Get
Started
What do cells look like?
What are cells made of?
What do cells do?
Write or sketch your responses in
your science notebook:
43. Activity 3: What Is a Cell?
Introduction
With your group, write three analogies
that describe cells in terms of common
objects.
Read the Introduction.
44. Activity 3: What Is a Cell?
Activity 3: What Is a Cell?
What are the similarities and
differences in cells from
various living organisms?
Challenge
45. Activity 3: What Is a Cell?
Procedure
As you view the slides, think about the
similarities and differences in the various
types of cells.
Label your drawings carefully, including
the magnification you are using.
47. Activity 3: What Is a Cell?
Activity 3: What Is a Cell?
Use what you have
learned about cells
to record the unique
features of the cells
of each group of
organisms in the
appropriate space.
Record any common
features between
groups in the spaces
created by overlaps.
Analysis 4
48. Activity 3: What Is a Cell?
Follow Up
Based on your observations, can you
conclude for certain which cells do and do
not have a nucleus?
49. Activity 3: What Is a Cell?
Activity 3: What Is a Cell?
Based on the Venn
diagram you
created, what
features are
common to all cells?
Analysis 5
50. Activity 3: What Is a Cell?
Activity 3: What Is a Cell?
What are the similarities and
differences in cells from
various living organisms?
Revisit the
Challenge
53. Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
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54. Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Get
Started
What structures must all cells have in
order to function and grow?
What are some differences between plant
and animal cells?
Look at your drawing of a cell from
the previous activity.
55. Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Introduction
Membrane-bound structures inside some
cells are called organelles.
Read the introduction.
56. Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
What are the functions of the
structures in cells?
Challenge
57. Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Procedure
Follow the directions on Student Sheet
4.1, “Structure and Function of Cells,” to
complete the simulation.
Part A: Computer Simulation
58. Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Procedure
Use information from the reading about
bacterial cells to change or add to your Venn
diagram from Part A.
59. Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Follow Up
A. Describe the structures an animal cell
must have for it to produce a protein.
B. Explain how these structures work
together to produce a protein.
Analysis 2
60. Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Follow Up
What functions do all cells – plant, animal,
and bacterial cells – need to perform in
order to survive?
What structures do all cells have in
common in order to perform these
functions?
61. Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
Activity 4: What Do Cells Do?
What are the functions of the
structures in cells?
Revisit the
Challenge
64. Activity 5: What Do Specialized Cells Do?
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65. Activity 5: What Do Specialized Cells Do?
Get
Started
What structures do all cells have?
Which type of structure would a cell have
more of if it were specialized for
movement?
66. Activity 5: What Do Specialized Cells Do?
Introduction
Examine the photos of the specialized
cells at the bottom of the page. Discuss
your observations with your partner.
Read the introduction.
67. Activity 5: What Do Specialized Cells Do?
Activity 5: What Do Specialized Cells Do?
What are the specialized
structures and functions of
cells?
Challenge
68. Activity 5: What Do Specialized Cells Do?
Procedure
Follow the directions on Student Sheet
5.1, “Specialized Cells,” to complete the
simulation.
69. Activity 5: What Do Specialized Cells Do?
Activity 5: What Do Specialized Cells Do?
Pick two of the specialized cells that you observed
in the computer simulation. For each cell:
◦ Pick one specialized organelle or structure and explain its
function.
◦ Explain what would happen to the cell if the specialized
organelle or structure were damaged or missing.
◦ Explain what would happen to the organism if the
specialized organelle or structure were damaged or
missing.
Analysis 1
70. Activity 5: What Do Specialized Cells Do?
Activity 5: What Do Specialized Cells Do?
What are the specialized
structures and functions of
cells?
Revisit the
Challenge
71. Activity 5: What Do Specialized Cells Do?
Key
Vocabulary
cell
microbe
organelle
Key
Vocabulary
73. Activity 6: Cell Structure and Function
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74. Activity 6: Cell Structure and Function
Get
Started
What do you know about the
relationship between cell structure
and function in these two images?
75. Activity 6: Cell Structure and Function
Introduction
Cell biology is the study of the
compositions and functions of cells; cell
structures and organelles; and cell
molecules.
Read the introduction.
76. Activity 6: Cell Structure and Function
Activity 6: Cell Structure and Function
What are the fundamental
structures and functions of
cells?
Challenge
77. Activity 6: Cell Structure and Function
Activity 6: Cell Structure and Function
78. Activity 6: Cell Structure and Function
Procedure
Discuss the statements and questions
from your sticky notes with your group.
Answer as many of each others’
questions as you can.
When you finish the reading:
79. Activity 6: Cell Structure and Function
Activity 6: Cell Structure and Function
The Organization of Multicellular
Organisms
80. Activity 6: Cell Structure and Function
Follow Up
Some substances are damaging to cell
membranes. What effects on the function
of the membrane might the cell
experience if the cell membrane is
damaged?
Analysis 4
81. Activity 6: Cell Structure and Function
Activity 6: Cell Structure and Function
What are the fundamental
structures and functions of
cells?
Revisit the
Challenge
84. Activity 7: A Model Membrane
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85. Activity 7: A Model Membrane
Get
Started
What do you already know about the cell
membrane?
86. Activity 7: A Model Membrane
Introduction
What do you think are the functions of the
cell membrane?
Why does every cell need one?
Read the introduction.
87. Activity 7: A Model Membrane
Activity 7: A Model Membrane
What structures and
characteristics help the cell
membrane perform its
functions?
Challenge
88. Activity 7: A Model Membrane
Procedure
Be patient when making your bubbles.
Exhale into the straw slowly.
89. Activity 7: A Model Membrane
Activity 7: A Model Membrane
90. Activity 7: A Model Membrane
Activity 7: A Model Membrane
91. Activity 7: A Model Membrane
Follow Up
What does the model membrane
demonstrate about the properties of cell
membranes?
What do you think are some
shortcomings of the model of the
membrane?
92. Activity 7: A Model Membrane
Follow Up
Based on the diabetes case study, what
conclusions can you make about the
relationships between body weight, a
country’s income level, and diabetes?
Analysis 6
93. Activity 7: A Model Membrane
Activity 7: A Model Membrane
What structures and
characteristics help the cell
membrane perform its
functions?
Revisit the
Challenge
94. Activity 7: A Model Membrane
Activity 7: A Model Membrane
cell membrane
diabetes
membrane
transport protein
Key
Vocabulary
96. Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
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97. Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
Get
Started
What can you conclude about the
permeability of the balloon from the
demonstration?
What is your evidence?
98. Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
Introduction
Diffusion occurs when a
substance moves from a
solution with a high
concentration of the
substance to a solution
with a low concentration of
the substance.
Read the introduction.
99. Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
What factors determine
whether a substance moves
across a model of the cell
membrane?
Challenge
100. Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
Procedure
What changes did you observe in the
model cells in solutions of lower, equal,
and higher sugar concentrations?
How would you explain what is happening
in these model cells?
Part A: Investigating Water and
Sucrose Solutions
101. Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
Procedure
Read Procedure step 12 carefully. The
numbers of atoms in the formulas give a
general idea of the size of the molecule.
Part B: Membranes and the Movement
of Molecules
102. Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
103. Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
Procedure
Discuss with your partner the main ideas
of the reading and the comments you
made on the sticky notes.
104. Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
In Part A, what changes did you observe in the
model cell when the external environment
surrounding the model cell contained each of the
following:
◦ A. a less concentrated solution than the cell’s contents.
Explain.
◦ A. a more concentrated solution than the cell’s contents.
Explain.
◦ A. equally as concentrated as the cell’s contents. Explain.
Analysis 1
105. Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
Analysis 1
106. Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
Follow Up
In Part B, which substances passed
through the model membrane? Explain
why. Support your explanation with
evidence from the laboratory.
Analysis 2
107. Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
Follow Up
Based on the HIV/AIDS case study, what
are the advantages and trade-offs of
working to develop an HIV/AIDS vaccine,
as opposed to focusing on education?
Analysis 6
108. Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
Follow Up
Describe the evidence and your
conclusions about which substances
could cross the model membrane used in
this activity. Use the terms diffuse and
diffusion in your response.
109. Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
Activity 8: The Cell Membrane and Diffusion
What factors determine
whether a substance moves
across a model of the cell
membrane?
Revisit the
Challenge
112. Activity 9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
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113. Activity 9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
Activity 9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
The Cell Membrane
114. Activity 9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
Introduction
What basic characteristics of the cell
membrane have you learned from models
in the previous activities?
Read the introduction.
115. Activity 9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
Activity 9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
How do the structures of the
cell membrane help it function?
Challenge
116. Activity 9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
Procedure
The questions in the reading do not
require a written response, but you should
answer them in your mind. The answers
will help you to understand the reading.
117. Activity 9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
Follow Up
A. What are the functions of the cell
membrane?
B. Explain which parts of the cell
membrane allow it to perform these
functions.
Analysis 3
118. Activity 9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
Follow Up
Explain how the cell membrane helps the
cell maintain homeostasis – a stable
internal environment. Name specific
structures of the cell membrane and
describe their functions in your
explanation.
Analysis 5
119. Activity 9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
Follow Up
Imagine a single-celled organism living in
a pond. What would happen to the
organism if runoff from irrigation caused
the pond to become significantly salty?
Use evidence to support your
explanation.
Analysis 6
120. Activity 9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
Activity 9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
How do the structures of the
cell membrane help it function?
Revisit the
Challenge
121. Activity 9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
Activity 9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
active transport
cell membrane,
membrane
diffusion
endocytosis
exocytosis
facilitated diffusion
fluid mosaic model
lipid
lipid bilayer
macromolecule
osmosis
passive transport
phospholipid
phospholipid (lipid)
bilayer
protein
semi-permeable,
selectively permeable
vesicle
virus
Key
Vocabulary
123. Activity 10: Functions of Proteins in Cells
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124. Activity 10: Functions of Proteins in Cells
Get
Started
Name the protein functions important to
living organisms, such as humans.
125. Activity 10: Functions of Proteins in Cells
Introduction
A protein is a macromolecule made up of
one or more changes of amino acids
folded together into a complex three-
dimensional structure.
Read the introduction.
126. Activity 10: Functions of Proteins in Cells
Activity 10: Functions of Proteins in Cells
What are the functions of
proteins in cells an viruses?
Challenge
127. Activity 10: Functions of Proteins in Cells
Procedure
enzymes
transport
structural
motor
storage
signaling
receptor
immune
system/disease
Your group will be assigned to research and
present to the class one of the following
classes of proteins:
128. Activity 10: Functions of Proteins in Cells
Activity 10: Functions of Proteins in Cells
What would happen to an organism if each of the
following types of proteins is damaged or missing?
Explain your answers.
A. Antibody
B. Myosin
C. Glucagon
D. Pepsin
Analysis 3
129. Activity 10: Functions of Proteins in Cells
Follow Up
How would you respond to someone who
says that the reason people need to eat
protein is to build muscle?
130. Activity 10: Functions of Proteins in Cells
Activity 10: Functions of Proteins in Cells
What are the functions of
proteins in cells an viruses?
Revisit the
Challenge
131. Activity 10: Functions of Proteins in Cells
Activity 10: Functions of Proteins in Cells
enzyme
motor protein
protein
receptor protein
signaling protein
transport protein
Key
Vocabulary
133. Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
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134. Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
Get
Started
What are some of the specific things that
enzymes do in cells?
What is unique about each protein’s
structure that allows it to perform its
function?
135. Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
Introduction
An enzyme is a type of protein that
speeds up, or catalyzes, a specific
chemical reaction.
Read the introduction.
136. Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
Introduction
Do you know anyone with lactose
intolerance?
What do you know about the condition?
137. Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
Introduction
Breakdown of lactose
Lactose + water glucose + galactose
Breakdown of glucose
Glucose carbon dioxide + water
lactase
yeast
138. Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
How do pH and temperature
affect the function of the
enzyme lactase?
Challenge
139. Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
Wear safety goggles at all times during this
laboratory.
Keep your hands away from the hot plate, and
wear insulated gloves or use potholders to move
the beaker as you finish.
Know the safety procedures in case of fire.
Do not allow solutions to touch your skin or
clothing.
Clean up spills immediately.
If accidental contact occurs, inform me, and rinse
exposed areas.
Safety Guidelines
140. Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
Procedure
The lactose should not be mixed with the
lactase until after the lactase has been
heated.
Once the yeast is added to a test tube, fix
a balloon over it as quickly as possible
before placing the tube in a water bath.
You must work within the following
parameters:
141. Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
Procedure
Find a partner from another group and
compare the results of your
investigations.
Go back to your group, share the new
information with your partner, then share
it with the other pair in the group.
Informal Meeting of the Minds
143. Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
A. Does temperature affect the function of
lactase? If yes, what is the effect? Explain, using
evidence from the investigation.
B. Does pH affect the functioning of lactase? If
yes, what is the effect? Explain, using evidence
from the investigation.
Analysis 4
144. Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
Follow Up
Most human cells function at a
temperature of 37°C and a pH of around
7. From what you learned in this activity
explain why it is important for humans to
maintain temperature and pH
homeostasis.
Analysis 6
145. Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
Activity 11: Investigating Enzyme Function
How do pH and temperature
affect the function of the
enzyme lactase?
Revisit the
Challenge
149. Activity 13: The Cell Cycle
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150. Activity 13: The Cell Cycle
Get
Started
What happens during those days,
months, and years to turn those early 64
cells of the embryo into a baby and then
an adult?
What is the difference between a
human zygote, embryo, and adult?
151. Activity 13: The Cell Cycle
Get
Started
Where in the body do you think cells must
divide frequently in adults?
What problems might result if certain cells
in the body divide too slowly, or not at all?
What preparations do you think are
necessary so that a cell can divide to form
two daughter cells?
152. Activity 13: The Cell Cycle
Introduction
The complete sequence of phases from
the end of one cell division to the end of
the next is called the cell cycle.
Read the Introduction.
153. Activity 13: The Cell Cycle
Activity 13: The Cell Cycle
What happens during each
phase of the cell cycle, and
how are the phases regulated?
Challenge
154. Activity 13: The Cell Cycle
Activity 13: The Cell Cycle
The Cell Cycle
155. Activity 13: The Cell Cycle
Procedure
Join other students who had the same
type of cell as yours. Discuss and record
what kinds of things happened to this cell
type.
With your original group, prepare a chart
that summarizes what you learned about
each of the four types of cells.
Informal Meeting of the Minds
157. Activity 13: The Cell Cycle
Procedure
Discuss with your partner or group what
you wrote on the sticky notes and the
main points of the reading.
158. Activity 13: The Cell Cycle
Follow Up
What are the similarities and differences
in the cell cycles of the five types of cells?
159. Activity 13: The Cell Cycle
Follow Up
A cell in the liver divides. Its offspring and
all of their offspring continue to divide as
fast as they grow and synthesize DNA. Is
this likely to be a problem? Why or why
not?
Analysis 5
160. Activity 13: The Cell Cycle
Activity 13: The Cell Cycle
What happens during each
phase of the cell cycle, and
how are the phases regulated?
Revisit the
Challenge
163. Activity 14: Stem Cell Differentiation
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164. Activity 14: Stem Cell Differentiation
Activity 14: Stem Cell Differentiation
The Organization of Multicellular
Organisms
165. Activity 14: Stem Cell Differentiation
Get
Started
How do you think all of the specialized
cells that make up your body develop?
166. Activity 14: Stem Cell Differentiation
Introduction
Cells that have the ability to produce a
variety of types of specialized cells are
called stem cells.
The process by which stem cells produce
specialized cells is called differentiation.
Read the Introduction.
167. Activity 14: Stem Cell Differentiation
Activity 14: Stem Cell Differentiation
Development of Specialized Cells
168. Activity 14: Stem Cell Differentiation
Activity 14: Stem Cell Differentiation
How do stem cells produce
specialized cells?
Challenge
169. Activity 14: Stem Cell Differentiation
Procedure
Only some of the types of stem cells in
the body are represented in this activity.
Not all differentiated cell types in the body
are represented in this activity.
Many of the molecular differentiation
factors represented by the chips are
proteins, and are classified as signaling
proteins.
170. Activity 14: Stem Cell Differentiation
Follow Up
Now that you know more about stem cells
and differentiation, why do you think
scientists think stem cells are the key to
replacing diseased or damaged tissues in
patients with heart disease, cancer, or
diabetes?
171. Activity 14: Stem Cell Differentiation
Activity 14: Stem Cell Differentiation
How do stem cells produce
specialized cells?
Revisit the
Challenge
174. Activity 15: Stem Cell Research
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175. Activity 15: Stem Cell Research
Get
Started
What have you heard about stem cells
and stem cell research in the news?
176. Activity 15: Stem Cell Research
Introduction
How do stem cells produce the many
types of specialized cells in the body?
Read the introduction.
177. Activity 15: Stem Cell Research
Activity 15: Stem Cell Research
What are the current scientific
understandings and social
debates about stem cell
research?
Challenge
178. Activity 15: Stem Cell Research
Activity 15: Stem Cell Research
KWL Chart: Stem Cells
Know… Want to know… Learned…
179. Activity 15: Stem Cell Research
Follow Up
What types of questions about stem cells
can science answer?
What types of questions can science not
answer?
180. Activity 15: Stem Cell Research
Activity 15: Stem Cell Research
What are the current scientific
understandings and social
debates about stem cell
research?
Revisit the
Challenge
183. Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
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184. Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
Get
Started
Which cell organelles and structures are
involved in protein production?
Read the introduction.
185. Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
186. Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
How does HIV take over a
cell’s structures and organelles
during infection and use them
to reproduce?
Challenge
187. Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
188. Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
189. Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
Follow Up
How does the HIV virus reproduce all of
its components during infection?
190. Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
Follow Up
If you were a researcher of HIV/AIDS,
explain which part of the infection process
you would be most interested in if you
were trying to find a way to:
◦ A. prevent HIV from entering cells.
◦ B. prevent HIV from reproducing.
Analysis 6
191. Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
How does HIV take over a
cell’s structures and organelles
during infection and use them
to reproduce?
Revisit the
Challenge
192. Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
Activity 16: HIV/AIDS Infection and
Cell Organelles
DNA
enzyme
organelle
protein
rotavirus
Key
Vocabulary