After learning about Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration students created their own visual and written model of how a potatoe Grows.  

NGSS: 

• HS-LS1-7. 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-LS1-5. Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy. 

Students learned how organisms are maintained through growth and cell division, how cells differentiate during development AND HOW CELLS EVENTUALLY MAKE UP A SPECIFIC BODY SYSTEM. eACH STUDENT WAS ASSIGNED A SYSTEM TO RESEARCH AND IDENTIFY SOME DISEASES/ILLNESSES IN THEIR SYSTEM. 

NGSS: 

• HS-LS1-2 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms.

• HS-LS1-4 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Use a model to illustrate the role of cellular division (mitosis) and differentiation in producing and maintaining complex organisms.

• HS-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.