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Skin Cancer and Nanoscience Case Study

The document outlines a lesson plan to teach students about skin cancer and cell processes. It includes background information on DNA replication, the cell cycle, and mitosis. Labs are used to visualize these topics, such as a DNA replication lab and mitosis lab. The plan then covers skin cancer causes like UV exposure and mutations. Students conduct a UV bead lab to explore sunscreen effectiveness and ways to prevent skin cancer. They evaluate claims about cancer in another lab and presentation. The overarching goal is for students to understand skin cancer and how it relates to normal cell function and DNA.

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Skin Cancer and Nanoscience Case Study

The document outlines a lesson plan to teach students about skin cancer and cell processes. It includes background information on DNA replication, the cell cycle, and mitosis. Labs are used to visualize these topics, such as a DNA replication lab and mitosis lab. The plan then covers skin cancer causes like UV exposure and mutations. Students conduct a UV bead lab to explore sunscreen effectiveness and ways to prevent skin cancer. They evaluate claims about cancer in another lab and presentation. The overarching goal is for students to understand skin cancer and how it relates to normal cell function and DNA.

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Skin Cancer and Nanoscience Case Study: Mitosis, Cell Cycle, DNA Replication

Chapter 10 and 11.4


Chapter 12

I. Activity: The Faces of Cancer (NIH Activity) Teacher Guide (~ 40 minutes)


II. Introduce Problem: During his yearly physical, a strange mole is discovered on the arm of the president
of a multinational corporation headed here in Lake Zurich. (~5 minutes)
a. Students deductively determine that the mole is possibly a cancer.
b. Students figure out that in order to learn more about what happened to these cells, they
must understand more about cell controls and how cells grow.
c. Students should already know that DNA in the nucleus controls the cell, they need to gain
background information on how DNA grows and changes
III. Background information: DNA Replication (1 class period)
a. Students should learn that the DNA replicates itself, with few mutations.
b. Students now need to know how the cell grow and how new cells are made.
c. DNA Replication Lab
d. Cancer as a Multi-Step Process (NIH Activity) Teacher Guide (NEED LAPTOPS~ 2 class
periods)
e. Replication Quiz
IV. Background information: Cell Cycle and Mitosis(1 class period)
a. Mitosis Lab (1 class period)
b. Students should learn the rate of growth for normal cells and how cells divide and grow.
c. Cancer and the Cell Cycle (NIH Activity) Teacher Guide (NEED LAPTOPS~ 40 minutes and
homework)
d. Cell Cycle and Mitosis Test
V. Problem: What causes skin cancer?
a. Students will take notes from Skin Cancer PowerPoint for background information. (~ 20
minutes)
b. Skin cancer is caused by mutations in the genes from inheritance or environment.
c. UV Bead Lab: What kinds of products can help prevent skin cancer? (~ 40 minutes)
VI. Problem: Can we do a better job of blocking UV rays?
a. Students will take notes from Sunscreen PowerPoint for background information (~ 15
minutes)
VII. Assessment: Evaluating Claims about Cancer (NIH Activity) Teacher Guide
a. Students re-run UV Bead Lab as alternative assessment to show the most effective ways of
preventing skin cancer. (2 class periods)
Materials Needed for Labs
Faces of Cancer Cards
Cancer as a Multi-Step Process Cards
Evaluating Claims about Cancer Cards
UV Beads http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/product/1350 or
http://www.teachersource.com/catalog/index.html
Sun Blockers (sunscreens, sunglasses, cloth)
Plastic Bags
UV or Black Light

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