D E 1 0 N TE G R AT IV E

GRA I
AS SE SS M E N T
PERFORMANCE TASK
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SCIENCE
EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF HORMONES
INVOLVED IN THE FEMALE AND MALE
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS (S10LT-IIIB-34)
 LEARNING COMPETENCIES
MATH
ILLUSTRATES THE COMBINATION OF
OBJECTS
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ENGLISH
COMPOSING AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
 GOAL

•TO CREATE A VIDEO OF HIS/HER STAND BASED

ON THE ARGUMENTATIVE STATEMENT.
 ROLE
•INFLUENCER
 AUDIENCE
•VIEWERS AND COMMUNITY
 SITUATION
•LET THE STUDENTS READ THE TEXT BELOW
AND CREATE A VIDEO BASED ON HIS/HER
STAND.
DO YOU KNOW THAT MALE AND FEMALE EMBRYOS
LOOK NEARLY IDENTICAL? IT IS ONLY DURING THE
SEVENTH WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT THAT FEMALE
EMBRYOS BEGIN TO HAVE DISTINCT FEATURES. THE
CHANGE ARISES FROM THE PRODUCTION OF
TESTOSTERONE IN THE GONADS OF THE MALE
EMBRYO. SINCE FEMALES DO NOT HAVE
TESTOSTERONE, THE FEMALE GONAD PRODUCES
ESTROGEN. FROM BIRTH TO ADULTHOOD, A LOT OF
OTHER NOTICEABLE CHANGES BETWEEN BOYS AND
GIRLS OCCUR.
•SEX HORMONE COMBINATIONS ARE PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN
MORE THAN ONE SEX HORMONE, EITHER ESTROGEN AND
PROGESTIN OR ESTROGEN AND ANDROGEN. THE COMBINATIONS,
WHICH HAVE ESTROGEN AND PROGESTIN ARE USED AS BIRTH
CONTROL OR TO TREAT MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS. COMBINATIONS
WITH ESTROGEN AND ANDROGEN ARE USED CONTROL
MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS.
ACCORDING TO DR. DAWN MARCUS A NEUROLOGIST ALTHOUGH
WE CALL ESTROGEN, PROGESTERONE, AND ANDROGENS SEX
HORMONES, THEY DO MORE THAN JUST AFFECT REPRODUCTIVE
DEVELOPMENT. SEX HORMONES HAVE STRONG INFLUENCES ON
THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM, AND THEY HAVE IMPORTANT
ROLES IN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION. FOR EXAMPLE,
ESTROGEN AFFECTS BOTH THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF
THE PART OF THE BRAIN CALLED THE HIPPOCAMPUS. THE
HIPPOCAMPUS—FROM THE GREEK WORD FOR SEAHORSE
BECAUSE OF ITS SHAPE—PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN LONG-
TERM MEMORY, ORIENTATION, AND NAVIGATION.
• THIS MAY EXPLAIN WHY WOMEN ARE BETTER AT REMEMBERING ANNIVERSARIES AND
HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF GIVING DIRECTIONS THAN MEN DO. BECAUSE THE
HIPPOCAMPUS ACTUALLY MAKES ESTROGENS AND ANDROGENS FROM CHOLESTEROL IN
THE BLOODSTREAM, GENDER INFLUENCES ON THE BRAIN CONTINUE THROUGHOUT OUR
LIFETIMES.
BASED ON THE GIVEN SITUATION ABOVE, WHO DO YOU THINK IS SMARTER MALE OR
FEMALE? EXPLAIN YOUR STAND. INCLUDE IN YOUR VIDEO THE COMBINATION OF SEX
HORMONES (ESTROGEN, PROGESTIN, AND ANDROGEN). HOW MANY COMBINATIONS ARE
THERE?
  

PRODUCT
VIDEO OUTPUT
STANDARD: RUBRICS
MATH= CRITERIA
• 10 POINTS – 6 COMBINATIONS MENTIONED
• 8 POINTS-5 COMBINATIONS MENTIONED
• 6 POINTS-4 COMBINATIONS MENTIONED
• 4 POINTS-3 COMBINATIONS MENTIONED
• 2 POINTS- 2 COMBINATIONS MENTIONED
• 1 POINT-1 COMBINATION MENTIONED