Molecule-to-patient decision making; validity, reliability, false results, and treatment planning.
What to do if absent- 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 — you open it through Schoology.
Week overview - Molecule to Patient: Unit 2 Synthesis
Combine testing, counseling, and intervention decisions into a patient case that weighs validity, reliability, and false results.
- 1Reopen your corrected unit test in the PLTW course shell and list the two questions you missed.
- 2For each miss, write one sentence explaining the right answer in your own words.
- 3Define validity and reliability and give one example of each from a test you studied.
- 4Decide how a false positive and a false negative would each change a patient's next step.
- 5Draft a short treatment plan that moves your patient from molecular diagnosis to a clear next action.
- 6Add one equity question about who can access this screening, ready for the Monday debate.
- • You'll be able to explain validity versus reliability with examples.
- • You'll be able to distinguish false positives from false negatives and their effects.
- • You'll be able to outline a molecule-to-patient treatment plan.
Daily lessons this week
Open any day for its full lesson, the work due that day, and guided notes.
One CER on whether genetic screening is offered equitably, plus a reflection naming one cost or access counterargument.
Annotated synthesis case packet: each test listed with its molecular output and validity/reliability label, plus one sentence on the most influential result.
Evidence sort table (strong/moderate/weak with one-word reasons) plus two false-result sentences and a justification for the most trusted result.
Treatment recommendation draft: diagnosis, plan, one monitoring step, one named false-result risk with detection strategy, each element linked to evidence.
Completed Unit 2 summative test plus a tracker audit confirming all Unit 2 benchmarks are marked complete.
Quick intro to the week
- Today matters because real medicine asks you to pull every tool together into one careful decision for a person.
- Goal for today: synthesize testing, counseling, and intervention into a patient case you can defend.
- Monday's debate is screening equity: who can reach these tests, and is that fair?
- Your corrected-test reflection and case plan are graded in the PLTW course shell, so finalize them there.
Your PLTW coursework this week
Do this: Advance the Unit 2 synthesis benchmark by submitting your molecule-to-patient case with a treatment plan in the PLTW course shell.
- • Validity is whether a test measures what it claims, and reliability is whether it gives consistent results.
- • A false positive flags disease that is not there, while a false negative misses real disease.
- • A treatment plan connects a molecular diagnosis to concrete patient next steps.
- • Evaluate a test using validity and reliability.
- • Build a treatment plan from a molecular diagnosis.
📋 Tracker evidence due this week: your corrected-test reflection and molecule-to-patient case plan submitted in the PLTW course shell.
All PLTW activities are completed inside the PLTW course environment — this page only gives direction.
This week's PLTW tracker
Your week at a glance. Check off each deliverable as you finish it, then submit so Mr. Mendoza can see how the class is pacing.
Use the code Mr. Mendoza gave you, not your name. Saved on this device.
| Day | Date | Focus | Key deliverable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Mon, Nov 9 | Screening equity debate | One CER on whether genetic screening is offered equitably, plus a reflection naming one cost or access counterargument. |
| Tuesday | Tue, Nov 10 | Molecule-to-patient case packet | Annotated synthesis case packet: each test listed with its molecular output and validity/reliability label, plus one sentence on the most influential result. |
| Wednesday | — | Evidence sort and false results | Evidence sort table (strong/moderate/weak with one-word reasons) plus two false-result sentences and a justification for the most trusted result. |
| Thursday | — | Treatment recommendation draft | Treatment recommendation draft: diagnosis, plan, one monitoring step, one named false-result risk with detection strategy, each element linked to evidence. |
| Friday | — | Unit 2 summative | Completed Unit 2 summative test plus a tracker audit confirming all Unit 2 benchmarks are marked complete. |
- M: screening equity debate
- T: case packet
- W: evidence sort
- Th: recommendation draft
- F: Unit 2 summative
Due by week's end: Unit 2 summative test and PLTW tracker audit.
What to do when absent
Most days, this class is your PLTW coursework — and PLTW is online and individual. So being out usually just means doing exactly what we did in class, from home.
Open Schoology (CMSD) and keep goingHow to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
You can't do those from home — do this instead: Corrected test reflection.
Class still runs. A substitute will post today's plan — complete the online activity above; it's built to be self-guided. Need the concept taught without a teacher? Use this authoritative explainer:
MedlinePlus: How is genetic testing done and what do results mean?Vocabulary
Teacher-posted resources
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 if you were absent, got stuck, or need another pass before you submit the lesson artifact.
Placement rationale
Matched Unit 2 synthesis and genetic counseling by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-2_How-to-Screen-Your-Genes; keywords:genetic counseling, screening, testing. Score 154. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this after the required lesson work when you are ready for a harder application or a deeper connection.
Placement rationale
Matched Unit 2 synthesis and genetic counseling by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-2_How-to-Screen-Your-Genes; keywords:genetic counseling, screening, testing. Score 146. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this after the required lesson work when you are ready for a harder application or a deeper connection.
Placement rationale
Matched Unit 2 synthesis and genetic counseling by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-2_How-to-Screen-Your-Genes; keywords:genetic counseling, screening, testing. Score 142. 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.
Standards this week
WebXam practice
Drop your Week 13 here. Use a clear file name (your initials + project). Routine work still goes to Schoology (via the CMSD portal).
Upload a project