Extra-credit reserve track
These units are not on the in-class calendar or any in-class test. They unlock once the class finishes Unit 2, then stay open for the rest of the term so you can go further for extra credit on your own schedule. You will know they are open when an Extra Credit section appears at the bottom of your daily lesson pages. Every hands-on step has a virtual lab, and everything is submitted on Schoology.
Submit extra credit on SchoologyMI Unit 4, When Organs Fail (overview)
🎯 Argue how a limited supply of donor organs should be allocated among waiting patients.
- 1Read the organ-allocation briefing in the PLTW course shell and list the factors used to rank patients.
- 2Pick a stakeholder role: patient, surgeon, ethicist, or transplant board member, and write your opening claim.
- 3Defend one allocation factor such as urgency, match quality, or wait time using one piece of evidence.
- 4Write a rebuttal to a factor a classmate role would prioritize over yours.
- 5Record the class consensus ranking and your personal stance with a reason.
- • You'll be able to name the factors used to allocate scarce donor organs.
- • You'll be able to defend an allocation priority and answer an objection.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:organ failure, kidney, dialysis. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:organ failure, kidney. Score 142. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:kidney, renal. Score 138. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Trace how recombinant DNA lets cells manufacture a useful human protein.
- 1Read the recombinant-DNA notes in the PLTW course shell and define plasmid and recombinant DNA.
- 2Order the steps of inserting a human gene into a plasmid and into a host cell.
- 3Explain why a bacterial cell can read a human gene and make the protein.
- 4Name one medicine, such as insulin, made this way.
- 5Submit a labeled recombinant-DNA flow diagram as PLTW tracker evidence.
- • You'll be able to sequence the steps of making recombinant DNA.
- • You'll be able to explain how a host cell manufactures a human protein.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:organ failure, kidney, dialysis. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:organ failure, kidney. Score 142. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:kidney, renal. Score 138. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Rotate through hands-on stations modeling protein purification, HLA matching, and tissue-engineering data.
- 1Read the station packet in the PLTW course shell and gather materials for your starting station.
- 2At the purification station, run the simulated chromatography column and record which fractions hold protein.
- 3At the matching station, compare donor and recipient HLA cards and score the crossmatch.
- 4At the tissue station, compare two scaffold designs and note which supports more cell growth.
- 5Rotate to each remaining station and complete its data row in the shared table.
- 6Submit your completed three-station data table as the day's evidence.
- • You'll be able to collect and record data from each Unit 4 station.
- • You'll be able to interpret a purification fraction, an HLA crossmatch, and a scaffold comparison.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:organ failure, kidney, dialysis. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:organ failure, kidney. Score 142. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:kidney, renal. Score 138. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Compare tissue-engineering approaches and judge which best replaces a failing organ function.
- 1Read the tissue-engineering notes in the PLTW course shell and define scaffold and stem cell.
- 2Compare a scaffold-plus-stem-cell graft to a mechanical or donor option in a table.
- 3List one advantage and one limitation of each approach.
- 4Pick the best fit for a sample patient and justify it in one sentence.
- 5Add your tissue-engineering comparison to your Unit 4 PLTW tracker evidence.
- • You'll be able to compare engineered, mechanical, and donor approaches.
- • You'll be able to justify an approach for a specific patient need.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:organ failure, kidney, dialysis. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:organ failure, kidney. Score 142. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:kidney, renal. Score 138. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Assemble your Unit 4 evidence and confirm the MI portfolio is complete for submission.
- 1Open your PLTW tracker and check off each Unit 4 evidence item against the required list.
- 2Attach your recombinant-DNA diagram, station data table, and tissue-engineering comparison.
- 3Flag any missing or weak evidence and write a one-line plan to fix it.
- 4Confirm your WebXam testing status is current in the course shell.
- 5Submit your final tracker evidence packet and portfolio checkpoint.
- • You'll be able to verify your Unit 4 evidence is complete and attached.
- • You'll be able to confirm portfolio and WebXam status before the deadline.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:organ failure, kidney, dialysis. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:organ failure, kidney. Score 142. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Organ failure overview and dialysis by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.2_Organ-Failure; keywords:kidney, renal. Score 138. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
MI Unit 4.3, Transplant & Organ Allocation
🎯 Argue how donor kidneys should be allocated when demand far exceeds supply.
- 1Read the kidney-allocation briefing in the PLTW course shell and list the matching and fairness factors.
- 2Pick a role: patient, nephrologist, ethicist, or allocation board member, and write your opening claim.
- 3Defend one factor such as HLA match, urgency, or wait time with evidence.
- 4Write a rebuttal to a factor a competing role would rank higher.
- 5Record the class ranking and your personal stance with a reason.
- • You'll be able to name the medical and ethical factors in kidney allocation.
- • You'll be able to defend an allocation priority and answer an objection.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, hla, allocation, organ. Score 158. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, allocation, organ. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, allocation, organ. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Explain how the nephron filters blood and read renal data that signals kidney failure.
- 1Read the renal-function notes in the PLTW course shell and label the parts of a nephron.
- 2Describe how the nephron filters waste and returns useful substances to the blood.
- 3Read the sample lab values and identify which ones show failing filtration.
- 4Explain why waste builds up in the blood when nephrons fail.
- 5Submit a labeled nephron diagram with a one-line data interpretation.
- • You'll be able to describe how the nephron filters blood.
- • You'll be able to read renal lab data for signs of failure.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, hla, allocation, organ. Score 158. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, allocation, organ. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, allocation, organ. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Simulate dialysis and HLA crossmatching to model how patients are kept alive and matched.
- 1Read the simulation protocol in the PLTW course shell and define dialysis and crossmatch.
- 2Run the dialysis model and record how waste levels change across the session.
- 3Compare donor and recipient HLA cards and score each crossmatch as compatible or not.
- 4Flag any crossmatch that predicts rejection and explain why.
- 5Record your dialysis and matching results in the simulation data table.
- 6Submit your completed simulation results.
- • You'll be able to model how dialysis lowers blood waste.
- • You'll be able to score an HLA crossmatch and predict rejection risk.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, hla, allocation, organ. Score 158. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, allocation, organ. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, allocation, organ. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Build a compatibility table and explain how immunosuppression manages rejection.
- 1Read the rejection notes in the PLTW course shell and define rejection and immunosuppression.
- 2Build a compatibility table ranking donors for one recipient by HLA match.
- 3Explain why the immune system attacks a poorly matched organ.
- 4Describe one benefit and one risk of immunosuppression drugs.
- 5Add your compatibility table to your Unit 4 PLTW tracker evidence.
- • You'll be able to rank donors by compatibility for a recipient.
- • You'll be able to explain rejection and the trade-offs of immunosuppression.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, hla, allocation, organ. Score 158. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, allocation, organ. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, allocation, organ. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Write a claim-evidence-reasoning argument recommending which patient should receive a donor kidney.
- 1Review your renal data, simulation results, and compatibility table.
- 2Make a claim naming which waiting patient should receive the available kidney.
- 3Cite two pieces of evidence such as crossmatch score and urgency.
- 4Reason through why your evidence outweighs the competing patient's case.
- 5Submit your allocation CER in the PLTW course shell.
- • You'll be able to recommend a recipient using a CER structure.
- • You'll be able to justify the choice with matching and urgency data.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, hla, allocation, organ. Score 158. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, allocation, organ. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Transplant matching and allocation ethics by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.3_Transplant; keywords:transplant, allocation, organ. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
MI Unit 4.4, Building a Better Body
🎯 Argue whether emerging interventions like xenotransplantation and bionics should be pursued and who decides.
- 1Read the emerging-tech briefing in the PLTW course shell and note one promise and one risk.
- 2Pick a role: patient, bioengineer, ethicist, or regulator, and write your opening claim.
- 3Support your claim with one piece of evidence using a term like scaffold, xenotransplantation, or prosthetic.
- 4Write a rebuttal to a competing role's strongest argument.
- 5Record the class position and your personal stance with a reason.
- • You'll be able to weigh the promise and risk of an emerging intervention.
- • You'll be able to defend a stance and respond to an objection.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 138. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Explain how scaffolds and stem cells work together to grow replacement tissue.
- 1Read the tissue-engineering notes in the PLTW course shell and define scaffold and stem cell.
- 2Diagram stem cells seeded on a scaffold growing into organized tissue.
- 3Explain why the scaffold shape guides how the new tissue forms.
- 4Name one tissue or organ scientists are trying to grow this way.
- 5Submit a labeled scaffold-and-stem-cell diagram as PLTW tracker evidence.
- • You'll be able to explain the roles of scaffolds and stem cells.
- • You'll be able to describe how scaffold shape guides tissue growth.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 138. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Compare xenotransplantation, bionic devices, and prosthetics as ways to replace lost function.
- 1Read the replacement-options notes in the PLTW course shell and define xenotransplantation.
- 2Compare animal organs, bionic devices, and prosthetics in a three-column table.
- 3List one advantage and one limitation for each option.
- 4Explain why rejection or rejection-like failure matters for each.
- 5Add your replacement-options comparison to your Unit 4 PLTW tracker evidence.
- • You'll be able to compare xeno, bionic, and prosthetic options.
- • You'll be able to explain a key limitation of each approach.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 138. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Analyze an emerging-intervention design and judge how well it restores the lost function.
- 1Open the assigned design case in the PLTW course shell and identify the function it must restore.
- 2Evaluate how well the design meets the patient's need against stated criteria.
- 3Identify one strength and one weakness in the design.
- 4Propose one improvement and explain the trade-off it introduces.
- 5Submit your design-analysis notes as the day's evidence.
- • You'll be able to evaluate a design against function criteria.
- • You'll be able to propose an improvement and name its trade-off.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 138. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Write a design critique recommending whether an emerging intervention is ready for patients.
- 1Review your scaffold diagram, replacement comparison, and design-analysis notes.
- 2Make a claim on whether the intervention is ready, promising, or not yet viable.
- 3Cite two pieces of evidence on effectiveness, safety, or rejection risk.
- 4Reason through the main barrier that still must be solved.
- 5Submit your design critique in the PLTW course shell.
- • You'll be able to judge readiness of an emerging intervention.
- • You'll be able to support the judgment with effectiveness and safety evidence.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 138. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Tissue engineering and emerging interventions by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail/4.4_Building-a-Better-Body; keywords:tissue engineering, xenotransplantation. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
MI, Final Portfolio & WebXam Review
🎯 Argue a final bioethics question that spans the molecule-to-patient interventions of the course.
- 1Read the capstone-ethics briefing in the PLTW course shell and pick the dilemma you feel strongest about.
- 2Choose a stakeholder role and write an opening claim that connects across units.
- 3Support your claim with evidence drawn from two different course interventions.
- 4Write a rebuttal to a competing role's strongest argument.
- 5Record the class position and your personal stance with a reason.
- • You'll be able to take a position on a cross-unit bioethics dilemma.
- • You'll be able to defend it with evidence from multiple interventions.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/00-Course-Planning; keywords:webxam, review. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail; keywords:tracker. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail; keywords:tracker. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Trace one integrated case from molecule to patient using interventions from across the course.
- 1Open the integrated case in the PLTW course shell and identify the patient's core problem.
- 2Map the case from diagnosis through molecular tools to a treatment or replacement.
- 3Name at least three course interventions the case connects.
- 4Explain how each intervention moves the patient toward a better outcome.
- 5Submit your integrated-case map as the checkpoint evidence.
- • You'll be able to connect a case from molecule to patient outcome.
- • You'll be able to name the interventions that link across units.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/00-Course-Planning; keywords:webxam, review. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail; keywords:tracker. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail; keywords:tracker. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Audit your MI portfolio against the required-evidence list and log every gap.
- 1Open your portfolio and the required-evidence checklist in the PLTW course shell.
- 2Check off each required artifact you have already submitted.
- 3List every missing or incomplete item in a gap log.
- 4Rank the gaps by how long each will take to close.
- 5Submit your portfolio audit and gap log.
- • You'll be able to verify each required artifact is present.
- • You'll be able to produce a ranked gap log for closeout.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/00-Course-Planning; keywords:webxam, review. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail; keywords:tracker. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail; keywords:tracker. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Close the highest-priority gaps so your portfolio meets every requirement.
- 1Open your gap log and start with the top-ranked missing item.
- 2Complete or revise that artifact to meet the checklist standard.
- 3Work down the list, marking each gap closed as you finish.
- 4Confirm your WebXam testing status is current in the course shell.
- 5Submit your updated artifacts and an updated gap log.
- • You'll be able to close your highest-priority portfolio gaps.
- • You'll be able to confirm WebXam status before final submission.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/00-Course-Planning; keywords:webxam, review. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail; keywords:tracker. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail; keywords:tracker. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.
🎯 Submit a complete, final MI portfolio that documents your molecule-to-patient learning.
- 1Review your portfolio against the checklist one final time.
- 2Confirm every required artifact is attached and labeled.
- 3Write a short reflection naming your strongest piece of evidence.
- 4Verify your gap log shows no open items.
- 5Submit your final MI portfolio in the PLTW course shell.
- • You'll be able to confirm your portfolio is complete and labeled.
- • You'll be able to submit final evidence with a closing reflection.
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/00-Course-Planning; keywords:webxam, review. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail; keywords:tracker. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this for optional reserve or extra-credit work after the required class lesson is complete.
Placement rationale
Matched Final portfolio and WebXam closeout by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-4_When-Organs-Fail; keywords:tracker. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Submit to Schoology under Extra Credit, Reserve Unit.
Counts as one extra-credit evidence point toward your MI portfolio grade.