From class discussion today – WoW 6th Graders rock!

In response to portions of an article we read today from Quanta Magazine: Cells Talk and Help One Another via Tiny Tube Networks 2018;

From class discussion :

Why would it be helpful for a cell or group of cells to help another cell?

• Keeps cells alive by splitting amount of protein each gets
• If cells help each other, sick cell would not die
• If one cell is sick, cure it, so disease doesn’t spread
• Cells work as team, everyone participate; if one is sick, it can’t do its job
• Keeps neighboring cells alive

What is the possible negative side to these tiny nanotubes (tnt)?

• TNT connects sick to healthy, so disease could spread
• Could take from healthy cells items they need; resulting “helping” cell getting sick or dying
• Healthy cell loses and sick cell still might die
• Some cells might stop working

Cell Project Links – Project due date extended to May 21

Please see instructions sent home with students today (04/18) and or refer to Google Classroom

Note check due 04/23 & 24 (21 – 30 points) 1 pt. each

100 points for project

http://www.nslc.wustl.edu/courses/bio101/cruz/Organelles/Organelle.htm

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/structure-of-a-cell

https://publications.nigms.nih.gov/insidethecell/

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/structure-of-a-cell/tour-of-organelles/a/chloroplasts-and-mitochondria

https://soptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.cell.organelles/organelles-in-the-cytoplasm/#.Wt9SGojwbIU

Late Work Snowball Effect

Any work from March must be turned in no later than Monday to receive 80 possible credit max.  Otherwise, it will count as 50% work.  We have moved on to Life Science, and having kids work on Physics at this point (over a month late) doesn’t help kids learn current material.  Any questions, please email me at alison.richards@district6.org

Thank you for the support!

Beginning Life Science Unit

Tentative due date for Cell Project 05/08. Watch for directions and rubric next Monday.  We are testing all day the Lang. Arts. SBAC alternating half of the students on either Tuesday and Wednesday; kids will be building and flying kites on their off test day during the math portion (incorporating a bit of math and science).  Materials were delayed in transit.