Portfolio audit
Across your whole year of BI Problems, which artifacts are actually missing a conclusion or a citation right now, and which of those gaps sits on your most heavily weighted work?
Audit your full BI portfolio to confirm every problem's evidence is complete.
- • Your audit reflects the real status of every portfolio item.
- • You resolved your top-priority gaps.
- List the three parts that must all be present for one artifact to count as complete.
- If you can only fix two gaps today, why should you fix the ones attached to your most heavily weighted Problems first?
- 1Open your portfolio and list all Problem deliverables for the year.
- 2Mark each item complete, in progress, or missing.
- 3Verify citations and conclusions on each artifact.
- 4Fix the highest-priority gaps you find.
- 5Update your tracker to reflect the true status.
🛠 Get unstuck · pick your level
🔑 Today's words · 5
Tap a word in the lesson for a plain meaning and one example. Recycled into next week's Do-Now.
Do the work · 80-minute blockfirst 5 min = hook▸
💡 Big idea: A final audit converts honest self-assessment into a complete submission because it grades against a fixed standard rather than a feeling of being finished, so a missing conclusion or citation counts as incomplete no matter how much work went in.
- 0-5 minWarm-up: which problem are you least confident about in your portfolio?
- 5-20 minList all Problems 1-8 deliverables and mark each: complete, in progress, or missing
- 20-45 minVerify citations and conclusions on each artifact; fix the two highest-priority gaps
- 45-60 minAddress any missing citations or incomplete conclusions on lower-priority items
- 60-72 minUpdate tracker to reflect true post-fix status
- 72-80 minExit ticket: name your two highest-priority gaps and what you did about each
- • This is your last chance to find and fix anything in your portfolio before final submission.
- • We're auditing the whole year: every problem, every artifact, every citation.
- • The goal is not to fake completion; it's to find what is genuinely done and fix what is genuinely missing.
- • Tomorrow we submit. Today we prepare.
- • An artifact is complete only when it has data or argument, a conclusion, and citations if applicable.
- • Highest-priority gaps are those attached to the most heavily weighted problems or milestones.
- • Updating the tracker after fixing gaps ensures the final submission reflects real completion.
Forensic chain-of-custody basics, independent project claim, final portfolio audit; this is the last content week before WebXam review. · Portfolio audit
Day 4 of this lesson. Open this exact section in myPLTW (find it in Clever, Microsoft sign-in), then do the work below.
Do this: Open your myPLTW course shell and review the progress page for every Problem, then audit your full BI portfolio to confirm every problem's evidence is complete.
Confirm every Problem has its milestones marked and all activities are complete.
Full portfolio completion is the expectation by end of today; no Problem should be untouched before tomorrow's final submission.
Screenshot of your full-year activity progress page as evidence of the audit.
All PLTW activities are completed inside the PLTW course environment: this page only gives direction. Submit producibles on Schoology.
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 on Schoology.
Use the code Mr. Mendoza gave you, not your name. Saved on this device.
Forensic chain-of-custody basics, independent project claim, final portfolio audit; this is the last content week before WebXam review. · Portfolio audit
Open your myPLTW course shell and review the progress page for every Problem, then audit your full BI portfolio to confirm every problem's evidence is complete.
Full portfolio completion is the expectation by end of today; no Problem should be untouched before tomorrow's final submission.
This is how Mr. Mendoza sees the class keeping pace with PLTW. Be honest, it only helps if it is accurate.
🎯 Audit your full BI portfolio to confirm every problem's evidence is complete.
- Open your portfolio and list all Problem deliverables for the year.
- Mark each item complete, in progress, or missing.
- Verify citations and conclusions on each artifact.
- Fix the highest-priority gaps you find.
- Update your tracker to reflect the true status.
Tracker entry: Full portfolio audit tracker: status for every Problem 1-8 deliverable marked complete/in-progress/missing, top-priority gaps identified and fixed, and tracker updated to reflect post-fix status.
Turn it in on Schoology using the checklist just below. Upload by 11:29 PM for full credit.
| Task | Who |
|---|---|
| Open your portfolio and list all Problem deliverables for the year. | _______ |
| Mark each item complete, in progress, or missing. | _______ |
| Verify citations and conclusions on each artifact. | _______ |
| Fix the highest-priority gaps you find. | _______ |
| Update your tracker to reflect the true status. | _______ |
Working solo? Put your own name in "Who" for every row.
- Your audit reflects the real status of every portfolio item.
- You resolved your top-priority gaps.
- 1Do thisAudit your full BI portfolio to confirm every problem's evidence is complete.
- 2Use this resource
- 3Submit thisTracker entry: Full portfolio audit tracker: status for every Problem 1-8 deliverable marked complete/in-progress/missing, top-priority gaps identified and fixed, and tracker updated to reflect post-fix status.
- 4Submit it here
- 1Open Clever.
- 2Microsoft (district) sign-in.
- 3Schoology and myPLTW are both in Clever.
Look for this assignment in Schoology: Biotechnology for Health (Biomedical Innovations) › Forensic chain-of-custody basics, independent project claim, final portfolio audit; this is the last content week before WebXam review. › Tracker entryOpen Schoology
Learn it · deck, reading, and vocabulary▸
Tier 1 is the time-boxed teacher set for the block; Tier 2 adds scaffolded vocabulary, examples, and a reading routine; Tier 3 extends into careers and current biomedical applications.
Generated from this lesson's canonical data with a red-team citation check.
Students often think Students think an artifact is done once the main work, the data or the build, is finished, so a lab with good results but no written conclusion feels complete.. The trap: That is a trap because a graded artifact is scored on the whole package: evidence plus a conclusion plus citations where they apply. Data with no conclusion is an unfinished argument, and it counts as incomplete even though the hard part is done.
How I audited: For each Problem I checked that the artifact has data or an argument, a conclusion, and a citation where one applies. I marked status honestly, fixed the most heavily weighted gap first, then updated the tracker.
What I found and fixed: My Problem 5 epidemiology brief was missing its source citation, which is a heavily weighted item, so I fixed that first. My Problem 7 forensic table was 'in progress' because of a missing handler entry, which I completed.
The table below shows my post-fix status.
| Problem | Deliverable | Status after fixes |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | ER, physiology, innovation, environment | Complete |
| 5 | Public health brief | Complete (citation added) |
| 6 | Molecular biology notebook | Complete |
| 7 | Forensic evidence table | Complete (handler added) |
| 8 | Independent project plan | In progress |
Also due today: Submit the audited tracker in the course LMS today.
- 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.
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.
Pick just 2 or 3 words from today and make them yours: write what each one means in your own words, then give one example from what you actually did in Portfolio audit. 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.
Saved on this device. Show Mr. Mendoza or add these to your notebook glossary to claim the extra credit.
Classroom documents for this lesson are posted in Schoology. Open Schoology and find each one by the name shown on its card.
Open this when the class reaches this activity and use it to complete the required lesson artifact.
Placement rationale
Matched project by path:Biomedical-Innovations/Problem-7_Forensic-Autopsy/7.1_Forensic-Autopsy; keywords:forensic, autopsy, fetal pig, organ. Score 158. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Open this when the class reaches this activity and use it to complete the required lesson artifact.
Placement rationale
Matched project by path:Biomedical-Innovations/Problem-7_Forensic-Autopsy/7.1_Forensic-Autopsy; keywords:forensic, autopsy, fetal pig, organ. Score 158. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this as the classroom resource for project.
Placement rationale
Matched project by path:Biomedical-Innovations/Problem-7_Forensic-Autopsy/7.1_Forensic-Autopsy; keywords:forensic, autopsy, fetal pig, organ. Score 158. 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. You will find both Schoology and myPLTW right there in Clever. Turn in your work on Schoology; do the online activities in myPLTW.
Check yourself · commit, then reveal▸
You have two incomplete artifacts: a small warm-up worth 2 points missing a citation, and a capstone Problem worth 40 points missing its conclusion. You have time for one. Which do you fix, and why?
Write an answer and pick a confidence to unlock the key.
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.
Go further and get help▸
What today's skills lead to. These are real health-science careers this course builds toward. Tap one to see, on the US Department of Labor's O*NET site, what the job actually involves, what it pays, and how fast it is growing.
Today is individual PLTW work, so do exactly what we did in class, from home: complete the same PLTW target above, then submit your Tracker entry.
Open Schoology (CMSD) and keep goingHow to get there: open Clever and sign in with your Microsoft (district) account. You will find both Schoology and myPLTW right there in Clever. Turn in your work on Schoology; do the online activities in myPLTW.
Class still runs. Complete the online activity above (it's self-guided). Need the concept taught without a teacher? Use this authoritative explainer:
NIST Forensic ScienceYou've passed Unit 2, so the optional extra-credit track is open. Complete reserved-unit work from home (virtual labs included) for extra credit, submitted on Schoology.
Open the extra-credit track- CompleteEvery required part of the artifact is present, nothing left blank.
- AccurateThe science and the data are correct and match the evidence.
- Scientific reasoningYou explain your claim with evidence and reasoning (CER), not just an answer.
- Professional communicationClear, organized, labeled, and written the way a clinician or scientist would.
- SubmittedTurned in the right way (Schoology for routine work) and confirmed.