Science in the Media Assignment

Science in the Media Assignment

For this assignment, you will investigate a piece of media (live-action movie, animated movie, or video game) that has some Biology content. Note: your selection must contain some Biology content.  For your assignment you must include the following:

Title of your chosen media and type of media (movie, game, etc.)

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A brief description of the plot (storyline).

 

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What part of the science in the piece of media is fact?

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What part of the science in the piece of media is fiction, explain why it is fiction?

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What are the science concepts (write the specific GPS and elements) that are at work in this article?

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The following is a list of some science fiction movies that contain concepts in biology and are available from Dekalb County Public Library or your local Blockbuster:

 

The Abyss	Aliens	The Andromeda Strain	Austin Powers	Parasite Eve
Blade	Blade Runner	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Cocoon	Red Faction
Contact	Dune	E.T.	The Fly	X-Men
Hollow Man	Independence Day	Imposter	Innerspace	Street Fighter
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Jurassic Park	Men in Black	Minority Report	Star Craft
Pitch Black	Planet of the Apes	Sphere	Spiderman	Eve of Extinction
Star Trek	Star Wars	The Time Machine	12 Monkeys	Resident Evil
20,000 Leagues under the Sea	2001: A Space Odyssey	Village of the Damned	War of the Worlds	Metal Gear Solid
Water World	X- Files			Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

These lists are not complete.  If you can find another title not included that has some Biology content, you may use it.

 

Georgia Performance Standards for Biology

SB1.       Students will analyze the nature of the relationships between structures and functions in living cells.

1. Explain the role of cell organelles for both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, including the cell membrane, in maintaining homeostasis and cell reproduction.
2. Explain how enzymes function as catalysts.
3. Identify the function of the four major macromolecules (i.e., carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids).

 

SB2.       Students will analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations.

1. Distinguish between DNA and RNA.
2. Explain the role of DNA in storing and transmitting cellular information.
3. Using Mendel’s laws, explain the role of meiosis in reproductive variability.
4. Describe the relationships between changes in DNA and potential appearance of new traits including

• Alterations during replication.
• Insertions
• Deletions
• Substitutions
• Mutagenic factors that can alter DNA.
• High energy radiation (x-rays and ultraviolet)
• Chemical

1. Compare the advantages of sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction in different situations.
2. Examine the use of DNA technology in forensics, medicine, and agriculture.

 

SB3.       Students will derive the relationship between single-celled and multi-celled organisms and the increasing complexity of systems.

1. Relate the complexity and organization of organisms to their ability for obtaining, transforming, transporting, releasing, and eliminating the matter and energy used to sustain the organism.
2. Examine the evolutionary basis of modern classification systems. (six kingdoms)

 

SB4.       Students will assess the dependence of all organisms on one another and the flow of energy and matter within their ecosystems.

1. Investigate the relationships among organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biomes.
2. Explain the flow of matter and energy through ecosystems by

• Arranging components of a food chain according to energy flow.
• Comparing the quantity of energy in the steps of an energy pyramid.
• Explaining the need for cycling of major nutrients (C, O, H, N, P).

1. Relate environmental conditions to successional changes in ecosystems.
2. Assess and explain human activities that influence and modify the environment such as global warming, population growth, pesticide use, and water and power consumption.
3. Relate plant adaptations, including tropisms, to the ability to survive stressful environmental conditions.
4. Relate animal adaptations, including behaviors, to the ability to survive stressful environmental conditions.

 SB5.       Students will evaluate the role of natural selection in the development of the theory of evolution.

1. Trace the history of the theory.
2. Explain the history of life in terms of biodiversity, ancestry, and the rates of evolution.
3. Explain how fossil and biochemical evidence support the theory.
4. Relate natural selection to changes in organisms.
5. Recognize the role of evolution to biological resistance (pesticide and antibiotic resistance).

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