Explain autosomal nondisjunction in relation to Down syndrome.

In this assignment, you will explain the basic components and energy
flow of a cell in a written podcast script containing three segments.
The podcast script requirements are listed here:
Podcast Segment 1 Title: A Cell Divided
Explain the purposes of cell division.
Describe how mitosis is different from binary fission.
Define nondisjunction and use the subject of nondisjunction
to explore aberrations in cellular division and chromosome numbers.
This can be done in terms of mitosis, meiosis, or both.
Explain autosomal nondisjunction in relation to Down syndrome. Use statistics and patient profiles to help engage your audience.
Podcast Segment 2 Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Choose five components of eukaryotic cells and compare them to a
part of a city. For example, the nucleus can be the City Hall, and the
chloroplast could be a solar power farm.
Be sure to point out how prokaryotic cells are different from eukaryotic cells, as if you were comparing two cities.
Podcast Segment 3 Title: How Energy Flows Through Us
Familiarize the audience with energy conversions in a cell by
relating it to a force that flows through us. Explain how food is broken
down into progressively smaller molecules with less chemical energy and
how that process releases energy.
Discuss how active transport by the sodium-potassium pump uses
energy from ATP to get a nerve cell ready to fire. (Research this topic
using a library and/or the Internet.)
Rubric:

Explain the purposes of cell division.
Mapped Outcomes: Summarize the
differences between the two types of
cellular division in eukaryotes.
Mapped Outcomes: Compare cell
division in eukaryotes and
prokaryotes.

Describe how mitosis is different from
binary fission.
Mapped Outcomes: Compare cell
division in eukaryotes and
prokaryotes.

Define nondisjunction and use the
subject of nondisjunction to explore
aberrations in cellular division and
chromosome numbers. This can be
done in terms of mitosis, meiosis, or
both.
Mapped Outcomes: Explain the
importance of cells in our
understanding of biology.

Explain autosomal nondisjunction in relation to Down syndrome. Use
statistics and patient profiles to help engage your audience. Mapped
Outcomes: Explain the importance of cells in our understanding of
biology.

Choose five components of eukaryotic
cells and compare them to a part of a
city. For example, the nucleus can be
the City Hall, and the chloroplast could
be a solar power farm.
Mapped Outcomes: Summarize the
functions of cellular components.

Be sure to point out how prokaryotic
cells are different from eukaryotic
cells, as if you were comparing two
cities.
Mapped Outcomes: Compare cell
division in eukaryotes and
prokaryotes.

Familiarize the audience with energy
conversions in a cell by relating it to a
force that flows through us. Explain
how food is broken down into
progressively smaller molecules with less chemical energy and how
that process releases energy. Mapped Outcomes: Analyze energy flows in
cells.

Discuss how active transport by the
sodium-potassium pump uses energy
from ATP to get a nerve cell ready to
fire. (Research this topic using a library
and/or the Internet.)
Mapped Outcomes: Analyze transport
across the plasma membrane.

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