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 SchoologyPBS Unit 4, Innovation (capstone synthesis)
🎯 Students debate whether biomedical research dollars should target extreme frontiers like space and undersea medicine.
- 1Read a case weighing frontier biomedical research against everyday care needs.
- 2Choose a stance on prioritizing frontier innovation versus established medicine.
- 3Gather two arguments using space and undersea biomedical examples.
- 4Debate using terms like innovation, translation, and disease prevention.
- 5Record the strongest opposing argument you heard.
- • Defend a clear funding position with two evidence points.
- • Use innovation vocabulary correctly during the debate.
Extra Credit -- Reserve Unit: submit Day 1 exit ticket in the 'PBS Reserve Unit Extra Credit' folder in Schoology by Friday of the current week.
Completing all five days of this reserve unit earns extra credit points applied to your current unit grade; partial completion earns proportional credit.
🎯 Students take notes on frontier biomedical technology and GIS story-maps, then complete the PLTW online task.
- 1Annotate notes on biomedical challenges in space and undersea settings.
- 2Describe how a GIS story-map communicates spatial health data.
- 3Connect frontier innovations back to disease prevention on Earth.
- 4Outline the components of a persuasive medical-innovation pitch.
- 5Complete the assigned PLTW online activity on frontier innovation.
- • Name two frontier biomedical challenges and one Earth application.
- • Submit the PLTW online task fully completed.
Extra Credit -- Reserve Unit: submit Day 2 notebook photo or scan in the 'PBS Reserve Unit Extra Credit' folder in Schoology by Friday of the current week.
Completing all five days of this reserve unit earns extra credit points applied to your current unit grade; partial completion earns proportional credit.
🎯 Student teams synthesize prior units into a final medical-innovation project with a GIS story-map.
- 1Record the SOP for the project workflow and member responsibilities.
- 2Define the health problem and the variables the innovation addresses.
- 3Synthesize evidence from earlier units into a single innovation concept.
- 4Build a draft GIS story-map presenting the problem and solution.
- 5Assign pitch sections and note one limitation of the project data.
- • Team produces an innovation concept grounded in prior-unit evidence.
- • Draft a story-map and assign pitch roles with one stated limitation.
Extra Credit -- Reserve Unit: one team member submits the Day 3 innovation brief in the 'PBS Reserve Unit Extra Credit' folder in Schoology; include all team member names.
Completing all five days of this reserve unit earns extra credit points applied to your current unit grade; partial completion earns proportional credit.
🎯 Students write a CER that frames their final innovation pitch as an evidence-based recommendation.
- 1State a claim that the proposed innovation addresses the health problem.
- 2Cite synthesized evidence from earlier units and the story-map.
- 3Explain reasoning that links the innovation to disease prevention.
- 4Recommend next steps for development and testing.
- 5Identify assumptions and limitations of the proposal.
- • Write a CER framing the innovation with synthesized evidence.
- • Recommend next steps and state at least one limitation.
Extra Credit -- Reserve Unit: submit Day 4 Innovation Pitch CER in the 'PBS Reserve Unit Extra Credit' folder in Schoology by end of today.
Completing all five days of this reserve unit earns extra credit points applied to your current unit grade; partial completion earns proportional credit.
🎯 Students finalize and submit the final medical-innovation pitch package and update the tracker.
- 1Compile the story-map, pitch, and CER into one labeled package.
- 2Check the package against the rubric for completeness and vocabulary.
- 3Cite all sources and note unresolved limitations.
- 4Update the project tracker with final status and a confidence rating.
- 5Submit the innovation pitch package through the course portal on time.
- • Submit a complete, rubric-aligned pitch package on time.
- • Tracker reflects accurate final status and a limitations note.
Extra Credit -- Reserve Unit: submit Day 5 tracker and full innovation package in the 'PBS Reserve Unit Extra Credit' folder in Schoology by end of today to receive full extra credit.
Completing all five days of this reserve unit earns extra credit points applied to your current unit grade; partial completion earns proportional credit.