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Cancer

PictureProstate Cancer, NPR
Under normal conditions, cells in the human body must divide to replace damaged or destroyed cells.  Usually various chemical signals indicate when cells should stop dividing and replicating. Sometimes, these signals are blocked or not created and cells continue to divide, resulting in a potentially cancerous growth.  Cancer, of any type, is a terrible disease that directly or indirectly affects nearly everyone in the U.S.  The American Cancer Society estimates that 1 in 2 of men and 1 of 3 women in the U.S. will develop cancer during their lifetime. Although improving technology has helped to improve survival rates, cancer still remains one of the most deadliest diseases.  In this unit we will examine what cancer is, why it occurs, how it might be stopped, and types of treatment.

Unit Standards

Structure & Processes
I can use a model to illustrate the role of cellular division (mitosis) and differentiation in producing and maintaining complex organisms.
(HS-LS1-4)  

Biological Evolution & Inheritance
I can ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring. (HS-LS3-1)
​I can make and defend a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from different factors.
(HS-LS3-2)


Cancer Unit Learning Standards & Learning Targets


Assignments

  1. Share your cancer story A Days
  2. Cancer & DNA Webquest
  3. Onion Root Tip Lab
  4. In Search of Cancer Electrophoresis Lab
  5. Graphing Cancer Statistics
  6. Cell Division Concept Map (Cancer Standard 2)
  7. Cancer Project (Cancer Standard 1, 3)
  8. Cancer Project Rubric

Unit Question:
What causes cancer and why doesn't everyone have the disease?

Cancer Unit Warm-Ups
​Cancer Student Resource Handout

​Quizlet: Cancer Unit Vocabulary ​


Additional Resources

Readings​
  1. National Post, U.S. scientists successfully turn human cancer cells back to normal in process that could ‘switch off’ disease
  2. CNN: More than 1,100 have cancer after 9/11
  3. Utah Genetics: Epigenetics Resources
  4. CNN: The link between fat & cancer
  5. Biology Textbook Pages: 852-856 (Levels or Organization); 145-147 (Regulation of Cell Cycle); 252-255 (Mutations) 


Presentations:
  1. Mutations
  2. Mitosis Cell Cycle
  3. Onion Root Tip Mitosis Stages

Videos:

  1. Utah Genetics: Basics of DNA, Genes, & Traits
  2. PBS: The Truth About Cancer
  3. CancerQuest: Cancer Documentary
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