Transduction Assessment
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Lesson Overview
This lesson is an assessment of students understanding of transduction pathways
Goals and Objectives
In their study of transduction pathways in cells, students will investigate treatments of cancer and prepare a short explanation of how the treatment effects with transduction.
Assumptions of Prior Knowledge
Students should have had at least one opportunity to engage with the signal transduction content.
Common Misconceptions
Students may have simplified explanations of how transduction pathways work based on oversimplified animations that show a single molecular messages simply turning on/off cell processes.
The Lesson
Preparation Before class: (materials, handouts etc.)
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During class PART A
1.Collect information about students preconceptions of cell signaling
a. Commit and toss strategy
b. Debrief students and get their ideas up on white boards
2. Students use the inside cancer http://www.insidecancer.org [1] site and navigate through the Pathology portion of the Diagnosis and Treatment segment.
a. Strategy to use: "Multimedia and Say Something" for Pathology
3. Students use the inside cancer http://www.insidecancer.org [2] site and navigate through the Pharmacogenetics portion of the Diagnosis and Treatment segment.
a. During this portion, it may be useful to give a mini-lecture on microarray assays or use the microarray animation site from Davidson University [3] to enhance the inside cancer site:.
b. Students will work in groups and the strategy would be to create a concept map that address the question, What is a microarray assay? http://sm.dev.dnalc.org/ [4]
c. Exit Ticket: As you think about all you have learned about microarrays, what are some of the possible ways that you could analyze this image?
Time required
Part A: 90 Minutes
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