Action plan faizan - Intel Engage

Action Plan







By
Faizan Mirza





Biology teacher



The City School Dk Sr Girls

Goals

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To spark students' curiosity and excitement about the world
around them and inculcate 21
st

century skills

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To motivate students to look beyond their immediate
surroundings


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To integrate the aims & concepts of modern contemporary
science

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To promote and encourage the use of multiple working
hypotheses by adopting 21
st

century approaches

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To infuse reading and research for fresh insights and relating
these to the curriculum


Long term Goals


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Biochemistry

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Bioinformatics


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Botany: Plant Physiology

Cell Biology


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Developmental
Evolutionary

Biology of Animals


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Genetics and Molecular Biology


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Microbiology


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Molecular Immunology

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Neurobiology and Biophysics

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Neurogenetics


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Neurobiology

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Animal Physiology

To conduct a Biology workshop to inculcate in them a broader
perspective and experience of the wide array of biological
applications that can serve them in their future careers

Instructional Strategies and Tasks

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Provide students with:

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Clear tasks

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Goals and

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Requirement

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Inform them of progress made.

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To explain and describe things clearly

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Encourage pupils;

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To think, to make connections

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To practice and reinforce

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To learn from other
learners

and

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To feel that if they make mistakes they will not be
ridiculed

or treated
negatively

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Promote pupil participation
through problem

solving
, questioning,
discussion
and “buzz group” activities

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Treat all pupil questions seriously and
do not intimidate

or ridicule

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Promote pupil participation through

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Problem solving

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Questioning

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Discussion and

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“Buzz group” activities

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Involve them in producing/researching the
latest information for topics like;

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Medicinal Drugs

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Drugs of Abuse

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Genetic Engineering

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Biotechnology

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Gene Therapy






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For each topic Students would be divided into various groups
with 4 members each and they would be asked to research on
any of the Sub
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topics. For instance when doing Drugs Use of
Abuse students would select the sub
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topic from the following
depending on their areas of interest.

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Use of antibiotics

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Use of analgesics and anaesthetics

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Use of Morphine in Medicine

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Use and Abuse of depressant drugs

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Abusing Opiates

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Chew tobacco and Smoking

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Use and Abuse of Alcohol

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Treating Drug Addicts

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Videos and Animations would be used for re
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enforcing the concept behind;

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Mechanism of Action of

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Enzymes

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Development and progression of atherosclerosis

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Demonstration of

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Food tests

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Animal Dissected Models

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YouTube
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Atherosclerosis.avi

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Mode of reproduction of microorganisms

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Binary Fission in bacteria

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Budding in yeast

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Sporulation in Fungi

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Transmission Of:

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impulse along a Reflex Arc

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Malarial plasmodium






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Functioning of;

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Antagonistic Muscle pair: Biceps
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triceps

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Antagonistic hormones: Glucagon
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Insulin

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Antagonistic muscles of iris

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Suspensory ligaments
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Ciliary muscles of eye

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Digestion of Egg Cell’s wall by Sperms

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Modes of Dispersal of fruits & seeds

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Wind Pollination and Insect pollination


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Method of Production of:

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Penicillin

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Single
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cell Protein

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Recombinant Insulin Hormone


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Various Photographs and photomicrographs would
be shown to the students on multi
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media, Such as:

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Difference in structure of Pollen grains of a Wind pollinated and
an Insect pollinated flower

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Growth of Mircobial colonies on Agar

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Action of Antibiotics on The Microbes

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Blood films

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Tissue of Respiratory Passageway

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Various parts of the Human brain

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Hemodynamics and mode of blood flow

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Circulation Tissue Fluid

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Absorption Of Digested Food

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Transpiration stream And Translocation of Food


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Curriculum
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Based:

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Blogs would be made on various topics

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Closed groups would be made on facebook





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Where:


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the students would have a chance to interact with each other
and the teacher, share information, collaborate
ideas and
gain Knowledge.

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the students would be asked to keep
a follow up of the
assignments

posted and solve the queries therein.


Challenges and Solutions

Lack of Availability of

Multi
-
media

The authorities will be foretold

Students may have difficulty following
MS
-
office

A workshop to be conducted by myself
to introduce MS Office to the students

Student may not find it easy to search
relevant information from internet

Prior Guideline to be given to Students
for searching various Key Words

The Head mistress may not approve
this mode of teaching

Technological pedagogical and content
knowledge (TPACK) covers the
integration of the elements:
technological, pedagogical, and
content knowledge in teaching and
aids in learning process

Timeline

5 Nutrition in

Plants

&

Animals

4. Nutrition

3. Enzymes

2.Diffusion

Osmosis

Active

transport

1.Levels of

Organization

AUG
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SEP

Senior
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1

8.Respiration

7.Transport in

Animals

6.Transoprt

In

Plants

OCT
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NOV

Senior
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1

14. Locomotion

13. Drugs

12. Receptor


organ;

Eye

11.


co
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ordination

&

control

10.


Homeostasis

9. Excretion

JAN
-
MAR

Senior 1

15. Genetics

14.Reprodution

In

Plants &

Animals

13.

Microorganisms

&

Biotechnology

AUG
-
NOV

Senior
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2

18. Revision

17. Effect of

Man on his

Enviornment

16. Ecology

JAN
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MAR

Senior
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2


Resources


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http://suhendrilpmp.blogspot.com/


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http://www.acer.edu.au/enews/2004/05

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http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~pekar/t_objectives.html

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http://hedgefundstartupguru.com/wp
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content/uploads/2009/04/hedge
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fund
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business
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plan
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plans1.jpg

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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_s6tOoXRKRX8/S9GSeMX_1fI/AAAAAAAAAO4/kPu_44YKp
mw/s1600/BenedictsTest
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1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://kimiagar2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/benedictss
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test.html&usg

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www.sciencephotolibrary.com/images/download_wm_image.html/A500492
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SPL.jpg%3Fid%3D655000492&imgrefurl=http://www.sciencephotolibrary.com/images/d
ownload_lo_res.html

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A0whQ_x2Qo&feature=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzCUIdZGKBs&feature=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLr7_2wnIXU

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiMBsgNZh
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g0GNHd_Y3A&feature=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6bd4nnKws8

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NazZCu1lwOE&feature=related


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cD3U2pgb5w

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T
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ozRNVhGVg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5MyCwatq6E&feature=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4M6oykwWTc

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nspVjwAnGb4&feature=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MnQxiSJZ4Q

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDW28qWBhzc&feature=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiwkJui2mh0

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbQ1jWl3AOM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axFOWOQrwE8

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_7iIs1dAys&feature=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yZRNY6RgU0

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFCj9STCvdI

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFCj9STCvdI

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrKJAojmB1Y

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcNEfUnEt_g

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8xdOlcSjs4&feature=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dMAj8Uujew

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9rG5pg5wH0&feature=fvwrel

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o11NDvrZMNs

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http://www.videojug.com/film/smoking
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the
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facts

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http://www.medicalvideos.us/videos/2698/overview
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of
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coronary
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artery
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disease
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animation
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3d

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http://video.about.com/heartdisease/Heart
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Attack.htm

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http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/resources/resource.jpg

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http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/media/060915/060915_CMB_Timeline300nt.jpg

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http://www.writeforhr.com/wp
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content/uploads/2010/05/Problem
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Solving
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