Biology 30

Case Study Project

What will your students

produce?
Students will choose from many
topics within the Biology 30
curriculum and produce a case study
to be presented at the end of the
course as a review.

List the core concepts in your

subject area.
Nervous system, endocrine system,
senses, reproduction,
fertilization/pregnancy,
mitosis/meiosis, mendelian/molecular
genetics, population dynamics and
community interactions

What might Exhibition look

like?
Classroom could be setup in stations
where parents/peers can move
through discussing case studies with
the students.

What content do you want your

students to learn by doing this
project?

Biology 30 program of studies;

proper research techniques, proper
data analysis and interpretation, and
data authentication;

What scaffolding needs to take

place? What are the intermediate
deliverables?
Students would be provided a
timeline of when their initial
(individual) proposals are due, when
peer review would take place and
when teacher review would occur.

How might technology be

integrated?
Students can create the case study
in ppt, they can make it available in
itunes through pod capture, create a
website, advertising for potential
exhibition

What possible community connections

are there?
Students can reach out to medical
professionals, there is potential for
an exhibition of diagnostic talents to
peers/parents

What is the projected

timeline/calendar for this project?
It could be done as a full semester
project that would need to be
completed for the last couple weeks
of school. It could also be done for
each specific unit and be presented
for unit review.

What are the opportunities for draft, critique

and revision? How will the work be accessed
for critique? How are the students
accountable for drafts and revisions?
Students will work in groups of 2 or 3. Each
student will be responsible for developing a
case study proposal which will then be
discussed by group members. Each group will
then decide upon one case study to focus on.
Eventually each group would come together
with another group to review/critique/revise
the case study. Finally students will set up a
time to do a review with the teacher.

How will students be

assessed?
Rubric/peer&public review/exhibition

Ideas

Students can create pamphlets outlining symptoms and treatments;

weebly
Create posters ie: neurons indicating area of damage, negative feedback
chart for hormonal control,
Students could try to connect with medical students; develop relationship
with U of Calgary
See if we can get U of C dept of medicine to present cases to class;
connect with parents that may be able to help with this
See if any students are interested in doing a special project in building a
program involving U of Calgary and High School Biology class.
Create rubric that can be used throughout the building process ie: include
such things as the peer review process (was it helpful, insightful,
constructive or was it just an easy answer), individual proposal, group
decision on a case (how did they come to that decision), the review
presentation with the teacher (were they able to support their info),
authenticity of the data (citation)
Exhibition: have something for individuals to do at the station