Bloodwork and ranges
Identify routine blood tests and their normal ranges before the PLTW clinical-data task.
Exit ticket: list three blood panel markers, their normal ranges with units, and one clinical condition associated with an out-of-range value for each.
- 1Do thisIdentify routine blood tests and their normal ranges before the PLTW clinical-data task.
- 2Use this resource
- 3Submit thisExit ticket: Exit ticket: list three blood panel markers, their normal ranges with units, and one clinical condition associated with an out-of-range value for each.
- 4Submit it here
- 1CMSD website. Go to clevelandmetroschools.org and click the Clever button.
- 2Clever. Clever opens. Sign in if it asks.
- 3Microsoft (district) login. Use your district Microsoft account (the one for school).
- 4Schoology. Open Schoology, then your class, then Assignments, and find the file named below.
The file to submit is named: Principles of Biomedical Technology (Principles of Biomedical Science) › Unit 2.1 Clinical Data: Routine bloodwork, chronic disease monitoring, telehealth, wearables, remote monitoring. › Exit ticketOpen Schoology
- 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.
Minute-by-minute · 80-minute block
💡 Big idea: Routine blood panels provide quantitative snapshots of organ function and metabolic balance; trends over repeated tests reveal disease progression or response to treatment.
- 0:00Open a real anonymized blood panel result; class reads it together and identifies unknown abbreviations
- 0:12Teacher-led notes: CBC, fasting glucose, cholesterol panels; normal ranges and clinical significance of each
- 0:30Chronic disease monitoring: how and why diabetes and cardiovascular disease are tracked over time
- 0:42myPLTW: complete the clinical-data online task on routine bloodwork
- 1:02Choose one blood marker to track Wednesday; write the variable name, units, and normal range
- 1:10Exit ticket: state three blood markers and their normal ranges
- • Your doctor orders a blood test and three days later you get a portal notification full of numbers, abbreviations, and ranges. What does it all mean?
- • Today we decode routine bloodwork. CBC, glucose, cholesterol, and what each tells a clinician about what is happening inside the body.
- • We are also talking about chronic disease monitoring, which is different from a one-time checkup. Diabetes management, for example, tracks blood glucose over years. A single reading means almost nothing; the trend is everything.
- • Tomorrow you will work with a simulated patient dataset and build a graph of that trend. Today you learn what the numbers mean.
- 1Take notes on common panels: CBC, glucose, cholesterol, and their ranges.
- 2Review how chronic-disease monitoring uses repeated measurements over time.
- 3Summarize how telehealth and wearables feed data into care.
- 4Complete the PLTW clinical-data online task on routine bloodwork.
- 5Identify the variable and units for one blood marker you will track.
- • I can name routine blood tests and their normal ranges.
- • I can explain how monitoring tracks chronic disease.
- • A complete blood count (CBC) measures red and white blood cell counts and platelets; fasting glucose normal range is 70-99 mg/dL; total cholesterol below 200 mg/dL is desirable.
- • Chronic disease monitoring uses repeated measurements over months or years to detect trends that a single reading would miss.
- • Telehealth platforms transmit patient-reported data and wearable sensor readings into the clinical record, but the clinician must validate them against lab-confirmed values.
Your PLTW work today
Unit 2.1 Clinical Data: Routine bloodwork, chronic disease monitoring, telehealth, wearables, remote monitoring. · Bloodwork and ranges
Day 2 of this lesson. Open this exact section in myPLTW (reached through Schoology), then do the work below.
Do this: Open the Lesson 2.1 Talk to Your Doc clinical-data section in myPLTW and complete the routine-bloodwork online task covering CBC, glucose, and cholesterol.
Mark the Lesson 2.1 routine-bloodwork task complete in myPLTW.
You read the overview Monday. By the end of today the myPLTW bloodwork task and your chosen blood marker documentation should be done.
Screenshot of myPLTW showing the task complete, plus your chosen marker with variable name, units, and normal range in your notebook.
All PLTW activities are completed inside the PLTW course environment — this page only gives direction. Submit producibles on Schoology.
Today's PLTW tracker
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.
Unit 2.1 Clinical Data: Routine bloodwork, chronic disease monitoring, telehealth, wearables, remote monitoring. · Bloodwork and ranges
Open the Lesson 2.1 Talk to Your Doc clinical-data section in myPLTW and complete the routine-bloodwork online task covering CBC, glucose, and cholesterol.
You read the overview Monday. By the end of today the myPLTW bloodwork task and your chosen blood marker documentation should be done.
This is how Mr. Mendoza sees the class keeping pace with PLTW. Be honest, it only helps if it is accurate.
🎯 Identify routine blood tests and their normal ranges before the PLTW clinical-data task.
- Take notes on common panels: CBC, glucose, cholesterol, and their ranges.
- Review how chronic-disease monitoring uses repeated measurements over time.
- Summarize how telehealth and wearables feed data into care.
- Complete the PLTW clinical-data online task on routine bloodwork.
- Identify the variable and units for one blood marker you will track.
Exit ticket: Exit ticket: list three blood panel markers, their normal ranges with units, and one clinical condition associated with an out-of-range value for each.
Submit on SchoologyUpload by 11:29 PM for full credit.
| Task | Who |
|---|---|
| Take notes on common panels: CBC, glucose, cholesterol, and their ranges. | _______ |
| Review how chronic-disease monitoring uses repeated measurements over time. | _______ |
| Summarize how telehealth and wearables feed data into care. | _______ |
| Complete the PLTW clinical-data online task on routine bloodwork. | _______ |
| Identify the variable and units for one blood marker you will track. | _______ |
Working solo? Put your own name in "Who" for every row.
- I can name routine blood tests and their normal ranges.
- I can explain how monitoring tracks chronic disease.
Resources & readings
Hand-picked materials for this lesson. Class file items open the document directly; the rest are vetted readings and interactives from other biomedical programs.
Lab & supplies
WebXam practice
Cumulative WebXam review
A quick mixed-review pulling questions from earlier units plus today, so the WebXam material stays fresh.
Where this leads — careers
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.
What to do if you were absent
Today is individual PLTW work, so do exactly what we did in class, from home: complete the same PLTW target above, then submit your Exit ticket.
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.
Class still runs. Complete the online activity above (it's self-guided). Need the concept taught without a teacher? Use this authoritative explainer:
MedlinePlus: Laboratory Tests- 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.
Drop your Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · Bloodwork and ranges here. Use a clear file name (your initials + project). Routine work still goes to Schoology (via the CMSD portal).
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