ANIMATED VIDEOS

This animated video introduces learners to the warning signs of melanoma to decide whether a mole is benign or malignant.

Tools used: Animaker, Canva

This video is part of a unit that explores a combination of three Next Generation Science Standards for a High School Biology Unit.

1. HS-LS1-4 (Use a model to illustrate the role of cellular division (mitosis) and differentiation in producing and maintaining complex organisms)

2. MS-LS3-1 Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.

3. HS-LS3-2. Make and defend a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from .... mutations caused by environmental factors.

I adopted this storyline from “Not An Old Person’s Disease” by National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science* and “A Case of Skin Cancer” by Science Take-Out** and Ambitious Science Teaching 2017 on their unit Biology: Cell Division & Cancer. I adopted some of their work and models but also created my own activities and found other resources to better fit my students.