I use a lot of technology in my classroom. We must send students back into the community college and
career ready. Technology has become a big part of our economy, and an important tool for efficiency. I teach
in the Life Sciences, and we are currently learning about cell organelles. This is my third year having the
students assume the identity of an organelle, and run for president. With their partner, they will create
campaign flyers, posters, create a twitter for their organelle as well. Students love this project, as they can
use social media in a scientific manner. Some of the twitter names and slogans they come up with are very
unique. Some examples include: @membrane_nation, @Chloroplastics, @MASTER_chondria, @nucleYOU,
@Thegolgishow, and so on. Some of the slogans they've created include: Lysosome-saving one lyfe at a
time, "I have a dream that ribosomes will win this Cell-ection" Mitochondria- the power house that powers
you. "Breathe better, vote chloroplast. Nucleus- you're in good strands. They get clever, and their tweets must
consists of why their organelle is the best for survival. They have a rubric to follow, and must do research to
know what to post. I monitor the class twitter page to ensure there is no cyber bullying or inappropriateness.
Overall the students get into this campaign and want to win. Below are attached documents of the campaign
rubric, along with the cell membrane osmosis Lab, that go along with this lesson plan.