BEYOND-THE-BASIC PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

Name: Hadley Reed Hancock

Grade Level: 7th Grade
Content Area: Life Science
Beyond-the-Basic Productivity Tool Used: Timeliner
Standards Addressed: S7L3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to
explain how organisms reproduce either sexually or asexually and transfer genetic
information to determine the traits of their offspring.
a. Construct an explanation supported with scientific evidence of the role of genes
and
chromosomes in the process of inheriting a specific trait.

Blooms Level of Critical Thinking:

Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
Description of how to implement in the class: Students will use the software
Timeliner to create a timeline on the process of fertilization of a cell from beginning to
end. The student will be in groups of three, and can help each other. At the end,
everyone will present their timeline, and be assessed.
Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi): Loti 4/5 Students are applying
knowledge, and creating a timeline through their own knowledge.

Description of the sample BBPT file provided *:

http://www.cobbk12.org/sites/literacy/fetc/timeliner/timeline.jpg
Provided is an example custom timeline similar to what I want my students
to complete, but on a different topic. My studentstimeline will included the
process of fertilization of an egg and sperm from beginning to end.
Other comments about your proposed BBPT Activity: