Thu, Feb 25, 2027Spring (Semester 2) · Week 6Day 21 of 6180-min blockCalendar fit

ER presentation

Essential question: Can you defend your design out loud, in real time, to a question you did not see coming?Enduring understanding: The capstone engineering skill is defending your design live with your own evidence, because a solution you cannot explain under pressure is a solution no one can trust to build.

Safety gate · before any work

  • Wear the required PPE, keep the bench clear, handle equipment only as directed, and know where the eyewash, sink, and spill kit are before you start.
  • Human samples and data stay private: label with a code, never a name, and dispose of materials in the correct waste container, then wash your hands.

Do now

Present your revised ER design and field evidence-based questions.

DueTonight, 11:29 PM
Hand in
Delivered ER design presentation with peer feedback notes and a written note on the one unanswered question and how you would address it.
Where
Turn this in at the drop folder with your district Microsoft sign-in, or hand it to Mr. Mendoza in class. Both count as submitted. Doing the activity in myPLTW does not.

You get two school days for every day you were absent, so this deadline moves with you.

Where you are · this course
Evidence-based revision, Q&A, intro to physiology research design. ER presentation ▸ Day 3
Day 21 of 61 this semester40 left before WebXam
🧬 Where you are · PLTW
Biomedical InnovationProblem 2: Exploring Human Physiology"Project 2.1.1 Scientific Research"
Matched to your live myPLTW course (verified June 2026).
Today's driving question

When the panel asks the one question you hoped to avoid about your ER design, can you answer it from your portfolio instead of guessing?

Today you'll be able to

Present your revised ER design and field evidence-based questions.

You've got it when
  • You presented a complete, evidence-based design.
  • You answered questions by citing your own evidence.
Due today · Lab report RequiredDelivered ER design presentation with peer feedback notes and a written note on the one unanswered question and how you would address it.
Do-Now · start these with your notes closed
  1. What is the one question about your ER design you are most hoping nobody asks?
  2. Where in your portfolio is the evidence that would help you answer it?
Do this · step by step
numbered so we can always find our place
  1. 1Deliver your presentation to the class or panel.
  2. 2Answer questions citing your evidence.
  3. 3Record peer feedback on clarity and persuasiveness.
  4. 4Note one question you could not fully answer.
  5. 5Submit your delivered presentation and feedback notes.
Interrupted or lost? Lost your place? If you have already presented, move to recording peer feedback and noting the one question you could not fully answer. If you have not presented yet, take your slides and deliver to your panel now.
Optional project open: Microbiology & the Working Lab - solo or group, about 3 to 4 hours total. Due by Fri, May 28, 2027. Great WebXam prep.
The story

What did this day actually feel like?

ER presentation

We presented. The question that got us was whether our redesign made the ambulance handoff worse, and it does, slightly. We had not measured it because it was not our focus.

Answering honestly that we had not checked was better than the alternative and still did not feel good.

Turned in: lab report → Lab Reports folder

Fiction. There is no such student. The lessons, labs and dates are the real planned course; the student, the classmates and the conversations are invented.

The comic

The same day, drawn.

Drawing, panel 28: ER presentation.

We presented. The question that got us was whether our redesign made the ambulance handoff worse, and it does, slightly. We had not measured it because it was not our focus.

AUDIENCE

Does your redesign make the ambulance handoff worse?

Panel 28ER presentation · 2027-02-25
Read week 6, 6 panels

Fiction. There is no such student. The lessons, labs and dates are the real planned course; the student, the classmates and the conversations are invented.

🛠 Get unstuck · pick your level

Run the lab
Deliver your presentation on time, field questions by citing specific portfolio evidence, and record peer feedback plus the one question you could not fully answer.
Absent? Async catch-up
Absent today? Record your presentation to camera at home, then write out the three questions a panel would most likely ask and answer each from your evidence. Submit the recording and answers.

Lab day: Tier 1 is the whole class at the bench. No extension today.

🔑 Today's words · 5

iterationfeedbackusabilityhypothesisvariable
+1 more in the word bank

Tap a word in the lesson for a plain meaning and one example. Recycled into next week's Do-Now.

Today's study notebook
Presenting a design and defining the physiology variables that measure how the body works.
Open the notebook
Watch first: today's 1-minute intro
Audio overviewVideo overviewMind mapStudy guideFlashcardsQuizData table
Where this fits
Tested on (Ohio WebXam)
Biotechnology for Health and Disease · 072125 (likely, pending confirmation)
PLTW lesson
BI · Problem 2: Exploring Human Physiology
WebXam domain
Microbiology Testing and Technology
Evidence to produce
Lab report
Do the work · 80-minute blockfirst 5 min = hook

💡 Big idea: You must answer questions from your own evidence so that the panel trusts your design is real, because a confident guess that proves wrong destroys credibility instantly.

  1. 0-10Final logistics: confirm order, timer setup, and panel or peer audience roles
  2. 10-55Presentations: each student or team delivers their full ER design presentation
  3. 55-65Q&A: answer audience questions citing portfolio evidence
  4. 65-72Record peer feedback on clarity and persuasiveness
  5. 72-77Note one question you could not fully answer and how you would address it
  6. 77-80Submit delivered presentation file and feedback notes
Mr. Mendoza's 5-minute intro
  • Today is presentation day for Problem 1.
  • You have built a stakeholder map, a patient-flow diagram, a floor-plan prototype, a revision log, and a full research packet.
  • Now you explain it to someone who was not in the room when you made those decisions.
  • Field every question with evidence -- if someone pushes back, your portfolio is your defense.
Know by the end
  • How to deliver a design presentation that is complete, evidence-based, and stays within the allotted time.
  • How to answer a challenging question by citing your own portfolio evidence rather than guessing.
  • How peer feedback on clarity and persuasiveness improves future presentations.
Open this PLTW section today

Evidence-based revision, Q&A, intro to physiology research design. · ER presentation

Day 3 of this lesson. Open this exact section in myPLTW (find it in Clever, Microsoft sign-in), then do the work below.

Do this: Open Problem 1 in your myPLTW course shell and locate the presentation submission or portfolio checkpoint activity to confirm all Problem 1 deliverables are complete.

Complete

Mark the presentation activity complete in your tracker after delivering and submitting all materials.

How far to get

Problem 1 research, design, prototype, and revision work are all done; today is the live presentation that closes Problem 1.

Upload as evidence

Delivered presentation, peer feedback notes, and a written note on the one unanswered question turned in on the class site or in person.

The official PLTW activity stays inside myPLTW. If myPLTW will not open, use F1 and E1-E3 on this page to complete today's local evidence decision, then make up the official activity when access returns. Turn this in at the drop folder with your district Microsoft sign-in, or hand it to Mr. Mendoza in class. Both count as submitted. Doing the activity in myPLTW does not.

Today's PLTW tracker · fill in and submit

Check things off as you work, then submit. This tells Mr. Mendoza how you're doing so he can help the class. It does not replace turning in your producible through the submission route shown below.

Use the code Mr. Mendoza gave you, not your name. Saved on this device.

Evidence-based revision, Q&A, intro to physiology research design.Day 3 of this projectSee the full week plan
Today's PLTW target

Evidence-based revision, Q&A, intro to physiology research design. · ER presentation

Open Problem 1 in your myPLTW course shell and locate the presentation submission or portfolio checkpoint activity to confirm all Problem 1 deliverables are complete.

Problem 1 research, design, prototype, and revision work are all done; today is the live presentation that closes Problem 1.

This is how Mr. Mendoza sees the class keeping pace with PLTW. Be honest, it only helps if it is accurate.

1 · What you do today

🎯 Present your revised ER design and field evidence-based questions.

  • Deliver your presentation to the class or panel.
  • Answer questions citing your evidence.
  • Record peer feedback on clarity and persuasiveness.
  • Note one question you could not fully answer.
  • Submit your delivered presentation and feedback notes.
2 · What you turn in

Lab report: Delivered ER design presentation with peer feedback notes and a written note on the one unanswered question and how you would address it.

Turn this in at the drop folder with your district Microsoft sign-in, or hand it to Mr. Mendoza in class. Both count as submitted. Doing the activity in myPLTW does not. Use the checklist just below and upload by 11:29 PM for full credit. Absent with an excused absence? You get two school days for every day you were absent, so this deadline moves with you.

3 · Who's doing what (team)
TaskWho
Deliver your presentation to the class or panel._______
Answer questions citing your evidence._______
Record peer feedback on clarity and persuasiveness._______
Note one question you could not fully answer._______
Submit your delivered presentation and feedback notes._______

Working solo? Put your own name in "Who" for every row.

4 · Words I can use correctly
5 · I'm successful today when I can…
  • You presented a complete, evidence-based design.
  • You answered questions by citing your own evidence.
6 · Reflection & next steps
Where are you today?0/7 checked
Pick your period and code first.
Your 4 steps today
  1. 1
    Do this
    Present your revised ER design and field evidence-based questions.
  2. 2
  3. 3
    Submit this
    Lab report: Delivered ER design presentation with peer feedback notes and a written note on the one unanswered question and how you would address it.
  4. 4
    Submit it here
    1. 1Open the drop folder.
    2. 2Sign in with your district Microsoft account, not a personal one.
    3. 3Upload the file, named Lastname_Firstname__Assignment Title.
    4. 4Your own upload panel says Uploaded with a green check: that is your receipt.
    Turn this in at the drop folder with your district Microsoft sign-in, or hand it to Mr. Mendoza in class. Both count as submitted. Doing the activity in myPLTW does not. Biotechnology for Health (Biomedical Innovations) › Evidence-based revision, Q&A, intro to physiology research design. › Lab report
    Open the drop folder
Were you absent? Jump to the make-up plan
Learn it · deck, reading, and vocabulary
Socratic teaching slide deck

The deck carries the prior idea forward, lets you inspect an analogy, maps the rule to biology, and ends with the same evidence decision and exit ticket used on this page.

Generated from this lesson's canonical data with a red-team citation check.

Carry forward

Skipping testing does not truly speed help, because a failed patient-facing device costs a life rather than money, so the urgency of an innovation never justifies releasing it untested.

Daily take-home

You must answer questions from your own evidence so that the panel trusts your design is real, because a confident guess that proves wrong destroys credibility instantly.

Inspect the analogy

A bridge prototype is tested against a load limit, cost limit, and user need before revision.

  1. Which requirement is a criterion?
  2. Which limit is a constraint?
  3. What test result should trigger a redesign?
Rule

A design improves when evidence is compared with explicit criteria and constraints.

Where it breaks

Biomedical designs also require , ethics, and biological validation beyond a physical prototype test.

Map the analogy to biology
  • Bridge requirements map to design criteria.
  • Load results map to E1-E3.
  • Revision maps to the next evidence-based iteration.
Read this first

Driving question: When the panel asks the one question you hoped to avoid about your ER design, can you answer it from your portfolio instead of guessing?

What you already know: Skipping testing does not truly speed help, because a failed patient-facing device costs a life rather than money, so the urgency of an innovation never justifies releasing it untested.

New idea: You must answer questions from your own evidence so that the panel trusts your design is real, because a confident guess that proves wrong destroys credibility instantly.

Visual or model: F1. F1. A lesson illustration or teaching diagram for ER presentation. Use it with E1-E3; it is a model or context image, not experimental or patient data. What to notice: Trace the labeled system, test, or design relationship and identify which evidence should trigger revision.

  1. Observe or measure the relevant feature in ER presentation.
  2. Organize the observation with a stable evidence ID.
  3. Apply this rule: A design improves when evidence is compared with explicit criteria and constraints.
  4. Choose the option the evidence supports and state the limit of the conclusion.

Real biomedical example: A physiology team prepares a short evidence presentation that links its question, measurement method, graph, result, and limitation without overstating the finding. Source: MedlinePlus.

What the evidence supports: E1-E3 and F1 support the daily take-home when the response meets the stated success criteria.

What it cannot prove: The package does not support claims beyond this lesson's or any real patient diagnosis.

Vocabulary:
  • iteration: One repeated cycle of building, testing, and improving, where each pass refines the design or result based on what the last pass revealed.
  • feedback: A loop in which the output of a process feeds back to adjust the process itself, either damping change (negative) or amplifying it (positive).
  • usability: How easy, efficient, and satisfying a product is for its intended users to learn and use to reach their goals.
  • hypothesis: A testable, falsifiable prediction about how variables relate, written so an experiment can support it or prove it wrong.
  • variable: Any factor in an experiment that can change or be changed, including what you test, what you measure, and what you hold steady.
  • control: The comparison condition that isolates the effect of the variable being tested by keeping everything else the same.

Use it now: Choose one decision option. Cite E1 and E3, then explain how the rule connects the evidence to your choice.

Go further, optional: The source links below are optional enrichment. Every fact required for today's local evidence decision appears in this lesson package.

Evidence set and decision
E1 · Observation

How to deliver a design presentation that is complete, evidence-based, and stays within the allotted time.

Limit: E1 supplies context or an observation; it does not by itself establish the explanation.

E2 · Mechanism

You must answer questions from your own evidence so that the panel trusts your design is real, because a confident guess that proves wrong destroys credibility instantly.

Limit: E2 is a teaching statement or comparison and must be checked against the task evidence.

E3 · Result

You presented a complete, evidence-based design.

Limit: E3 supports only the result or product criterion named here; it cannot justify a broader clinical or causal claim.

PLTW-BFH-2027-02-25 · Simulated classroom evidence scenario

Your role: biomedical design team member

Decision: Your team must decide what the evidence from ER presentation supports before submitting the lab report named on the lesson page.

  • Choose the strongest supported explanation.
  • Choose the next evidence to collect.
  • Hold the decision because the evidence is insufficient.

Response: State one choice, cite at least two evidence IDs, explain the rule that connects them, and add one limitation. Submit it as the lab report.

Claim ceiling: The supplied lesson evidence can support an observation, pattern, classroom mechanism, or next-step decision about ER presentation. It cannot by itself prove causation, establish a real clinical diagnosis, or justify action outside this classroom task.

Composite case file · PLTW-BFH-2027-02-25

Reason for review: Your team must decide what the evidence from ER presentation supports before submitting the lab report named on the lesson page.

Context: The capstone engineering skill is defending your design live with your own evidence, because a solution you cannot explain under pressure is a solution no one can trust to build.

Timeline:
  • T1: Deliver your presentation to the class or panel.
  • T2: Answer questions citing your evidence.
  • T3: Record peer feedback on clarity and persuasiveness.
  • T4: Note one question you could not fully answer.
  • T5: Submit your delivered presentation and feedback notes.
Evidence records:
  • E1: How to deliver a design presentation that is complete, evidence-based, and stays within the allotted time.
  • E2: You must answer questions from your own evidence so that the panel trusts your design is real, because a confident guess that proves wrong destroys credibility instantly.
  • E3: You presented a complete, evidence-based design.

Measurements: No patient measurement is supplied unless it appears explicitly in E1-E3 or F1. Do not invent a value.

Figure finding: Teaching diagram for ER presentation. Trace the labeled system, test, or design relationship and identify which evidence should trigger revision. This is a teaching model, not patient or experimental data.

Uncertainty: This is a composite classroom scenario. Missing history, measurements, or confirmation tests remain unknown and limit the conclusion.

Design record
Criteria
  • The solution must address the stated need in ER presentation.
  • The decision must be supported by E1-E3.
  • The final product must make the success criteria visible.
Constraints
  • Complete the work inside the 80-minute block.
  • Use only supplied or teacher-approved materials and evidence.
  • Do not trade , accessibility, or privacy for speed.
Tradeoff weights
  • and evidence quality: must pass before scoring other criteria.
  • User need and effectiveness: highest scored criterion.
  • Time, cost, and ease of use: compare only after and effectiveness pass.

Test evidence: For each option, record the E1-E3 result that supports or fails each criterion. Do not assign a score without a named observation.

Iteration log
  1. Version or option tested
  2. Criterion met or missed
  3. Evidence ID and result
  4. Revision made
  5. Reason for the revision
Decision record
  1. Need and user
  2. Criteria and constraints
  3. Chosen option and evidence
  4. Test result
  5. Revision and reason
Watch the trap

Students often think Students often think the presentation ends when the last slide does, so the Q&A is just a formality to survive.. The trap: That is a trap because the Q&A is where trust is won or lost; an answer pulled from your own evidence proves the design is real, while a guess signals you do not fully understand what you built.

Worked example · a parallel case (guides, does not reveal)
Delivered presentation and feedback notes
Completes: The delivered ER design presentation with peer feedback recorded and a written note on one question that could not be fully answered, plus how to address it.

ER presentation delivery record

Delivery: presented the problem-to-solution arc to the class in 6 minutes 40 seconds.

Questions I answered with my evidence:

  • Asked how I know turnover, not room count, is the problem: I cited the flow data showing idle rooms during long waits.
  • Asked whether visibility hurts privacy: I pointed to the privacy curtains in my floor plan.

Peer feedback on clarity and persuasiveness: peers said the results slide was the most convincing and that the problem slide could use one clearer number up front.

One question I could not fully answer: a peer asked what the turnover process costs in nurse workload. I did not have that data (it is my known evidence gap). How I would address it: run a short staffing-time study and add the result to the portfolio.

Why this matters

This model shows the level of evidence and organization needed to complete: The delivered ER design presentation with peer feedback recorded and a written note on one question that could not be fully answered, plus how to address it.

Build yours step by step
  1. State the question and method.
  2. Present the observations and data with units.
  3. Explain the result, limitations, and next investigation.
Change it for a new task

Keep the structure. Replace the question, facts, measurements, and evidence. Then recheck units, vocabulary, and whether the conclusion goes beyond the evidence.

Also due today: Submit the presentation file and feedback notes on the class site, or hand it to Mr. Mendoza in class.

See the full worked example
Portal terms
CER:
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: make a claim, back it with evidence, explain your reasoning.
SOP:
Standard Operating Procedure, the exact steps to follow (especially in a lab).
Tracker:
Your PLTW progress log where you record completed evidence.
myPLTW:
The PLTW course site where you do the online activities. Find it in Clever with your Microsoft sign-in, right next to Schoology.
This unit's vocabulary
/hy-POTH-uh-sis/

Tap the speaker to hear a term. Add two of these to your notebook glossary with a definition and an example in your own words.

Build your vocabulary · optional, for extra credit

Pick just 2 or 3 words from today and make them yours: write what each one means in your own words, name the context clue or evidence that helped, then give one example from what you actually did in ER presentation. Try your own words first; the glossary is there if you get stuck. This is voluntary and counts as extra credit, so keep it short.

iteration
feedback
usability
hypothesis
variable
control

Saved on this device. Show Mr. Mendoza or add these to your notebook glossary to claim the extra credit.

Teacher-posted resources

Classroom documents for this lesson are posted in Schoology. Open Clever, then Schoology, and find each one by the name shown on its card.

Catch-up / reteachFor: Need extra support
PLTW BI Mission File 1 Clinical Medicine & ER Innovation Overview
worksheet/handoutPosted in Schoology
Open in Schoology

Use this if you were absent, got stuck, or need another pass before you submit the lesson artifact.

Placement rationale

Matched ER presentation and physiology bridge by path:Biomedical-Innovations/Problem-1_Emergency-Room/1.1_Emergency-Room; keywords:emergency room, clinical. Score 142. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).

Use during lessonFor: Everyone
BI Project 2.1.1 Scientific Research Student Activity
worksheet/handoutPosted in Schoology
Open in Schoology

Open this when the class reaches this activity and use it to complete the required lesson artifact.

Placement rationale

Matched ER presentation and physiology bridge by path:Biomedical-Innovations/Problem-2_Human-Physiology/2.1_Human-Physiology; keywords:physiology. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).

Use during lessonFor: Everyone
PLTW BI Activity 2.1.2 Science and the Media
worksheet/handoutPosted in Schoology
Open in Schoology

Open this when the class reaches this activity and use it to complete the required lesson artifact.

Placement rationale

Matched ER presentation and physiology bridge by path:Biomedical-Innovations/Problem-2_Human-Physiology/2.1_Human-Physiology; keywords:physiology. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).

How to get there: open Clever and sign in with your Microsoft (district) account. Both myPLTW and Schoology are in Clever. Do the activity in myPLTW. Turn the work in on this site or hand it to Mr. Mendoza, because that is the step that counts as submitted. Schoology only shows your report-card grade later.

Check yourself · commit, then reveal

Claim ceiling for this check: The supplied lesson evidence can support an observation, pattern, classroom mechanism, or next-step decision about ER presentation. It cannot by itself prove causation, establish a real clinical diagnosis, or justify action outside this classroom task.

Quick self-check · commit, then reveal

A panelist asks a question you did not prepare for. What is the strongest move: guess confidently, or something else?

How sure are you?

Write an answer and pick a confidence to unlock the key.

Cumulative WebXam review · flash practice

Fast retrieval with instant answers, not the commit-then-reveal check above. Try each from memory first: write what you remember about the earlier units, then check yourself here.

Tap an answer to check it · nothing is recorded or graded
[Review: Designing a better ER: triage, patient flow, and stakeholder needs] A co-worker from another lab wants to use your microscope. What should you ask them to do first?
[Review: Finding the truth: credible sources, prior art, and needs assessment] After finding the experimental group had lower glucose than the placebo group, what is the next step?
[Review: Prototyping the ER: floor plans, process flow, and human factors] How should you properly prepare hydrochloric acid (HCl) for disposal?
You are measuring the rate that catalase breaks down hydrogen peroxide. What is the dependent variable?
Go further and get help
Lab · prepare, conduct, complete
1Prepare
Pre-lab pass · clear all six to go to the bench
0/6

I can name the procedure's purpose and the evidence I will record. I can identify each named hazard and the control that reduces it: Wear the required PPE, keep the bench clear, handle equipment only as directed, and know where the eyewash, sink, and spill kit are before you start. My data table is ready before materials are handled.

Finish the checklist before you handle any material.

Safety · specific to today's hazards
  • Wear the required PPE, keep the bench clear, handle equipment only as directed, and know where the eyewash, sink, and spill kit are before you start.
  • Human samples and data stay private: label with a code, never a name, and dispose of materials in the correct waste container, then wash your hands.
Review Lab Safety (rules, PPE, SDS, emergencies) and check your contract + test
2Conduct (Argument-Driven Inquiry)
  1. 1Before materials are handled, identify the purpose, variables or comparison, controls, measurement units, and stop-work condition.
  2. 2Deliver your presentation to the class or panel.
  3. 3Answer questions citing your evidence.
  4. 4Record peer feedback on clarity and persuasiveness.
  5. 5Note one question you could not fully answer.
  6. 6Submit your delivered presentation and feedback notes.
  7. 7Record each result in the prepared table before interpreting it. Mark missing, repeated, or invalid results truthfully.
  8. 8Complete the named cleanup and waste route, remove PPE safely, wash hands when required, and confirm the station is ready for the next group.
Prepare this data table before materials are handled
Trial or sample IDIndependent conditionMeasured result with unitsObservation before interpretationQuality-control note
     
     
     
3Complete
Argue from your evidence, then compare what you predicted to what happened. Error analysis names a specific method limit, never "human error".
You predicted

Before the procedure, predict the result and cite the rule behind the prediction.

What actually happened

After the procedure, compare the result with the prediction and name one limitation or source of uncertainty.

Your lab report is graded on the rubric below, with extra weight on error analysis and method.
Where this leads: careers
What to do if you were absent
Today was a group: do this instead

Record a presentation walkthrough of your revised ER design (screen recording or narrated slides) and submit it with written answers to two anticipated questions.

NN/g: UX Research Methods

Then submit your Lab report. Turn this in at the drop folder with your district Microsoft sign-in, or hand it to Mr. Mendoza in class. Both count as submitted. Doing the activity in myPLTW does not.

If MR. MENDOZA is absent

Class still runs. Complete the online activity above (it's self-guided). Need the concept taught without a teacher? Use this authoritative explainer:

Khan Academy Scientific Method
How this is graded
For: Lab report: Delivered ER design presentation with peer feedback notes and a written note on the one unanswered question and how you would address it.
  • Complete
    Every required part of the artifact is present, nothing left blank.
  • Accurate
    The science and the data are correct and match the evidence.
  • Scientific reasoning
    You explain your claim with evidence and reasoning (CER), not just an answer.
  • Professional communication
    Clear, organized, labeled, and written the way a clinician or scientist would.
  • Submitted
    Turned in the right way, on the class site or handed to Mr. Mendoza in class, and confirmed. Not in Schoology: that is where the report-card grade appears later.
  • Error analysis and method · counts double
    Name a specific limit of the method and how it moved your result, and compare what you predicted to what happened. "Human error" does not count; say what about the procedure or instrument caused it.