7th Sci - Jingle Cell Rock: A Holly Jolly Organelle Odyssey

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Jingle Cell Rock

A Holly Jolly Organelle Odyssey

Once upon a winter's eve in the magical land of Scienceville, the festive cheer was in full swing as snowflakes danced in the brisk air. Something extraordinary was happening in the science workshop, where the brilliant Elf, Frosty the Snowman, and even Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer were concocting a magical science maze.

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But this wasn't just any maze—it was the Jingle Cell Rock: A Holly Jolly Organelle Odyssey Maze! As they worked tirelessly to spread holiday joy, they stumbled upon an enchanted portal that transported them into the microscopic world of cell organelles. Each organelle had transformed into a winter wonderland room, guarded by iconic holiday characters.

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Now, it's up to you, our fearless 7th-grade scientists, to embark on this holly jolly adventure! As you journey through the maze, help Rudolph sort out the cell-ular jumble, build Frosty's freeze frame, assist Elf in motion lab extravaganzas, and tackle challenges from other festive friends. Can you make it through all eight levels and bring the magic of science and the holidays together in a joyous celebration? Let the Jingle Cell Rock begin!

Navigate through 8 levels of merry challenges, each hosted by a jolly friend from the holidays. From Rudolph's cell-ular jumble to Santa's balance check-up, your scientific prowess will be put to the test!

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Jingle Cell Rock

Level 1 Objective

Rudolph needs your help to sort out the cell organelles' names and functions! In this activity, students will match organelle names with their functions in a digital card-sorting game. Each correct match will bring Rudolph's nose a little brighter!

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Rudolph's Cell-ular Jumble

LS

YS

Level 1 Q1

Sort the vocabulary term cards to match their defintion. Once sorted, use the letters in order for your L1 code.

Enter the code for Level 1: Rudolph's Cell-ular Jumble

Type in ALL CAPS with no spaces

Navigate through 8 levels of merry challenges, each hosted by a jolly friend from the holidays. From Rudolph's cell-ular jumble to Santa's balance check-up, your scientific prowess will be put to the test!

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Jingle Cell Rock

Level 2 Objective

Frosty wants to understand more about the structures and functions of cell organelles. Help Frosty by answering questions to build Frosty's perfect snowman body. The faster you complete, the cooler Frosty becomes!

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Frosty’s Freeze Frame

Cell A, Structure 4

Cell A, Structure 8

Cell B, Structure 6

Level 2 Q1

Cell B, Structure 1

Select the correct answer to each question. You will earn a piece of a snowman for each correct answer. Collect them all to help Frosty with his mission!

Which cell structure would carry out the function of photosynthesis?

Select the correct answer to each question. You will earn a piece of a snowman for each correct answer. Collect them all to help Frosty with his mission!

Both the cell membrane and the cell wall act to protect the organelles within a cell. Which of the following best describes how the cell wall is different from the cell membrane?

The cell wall is found in both plant and animal cells

The cell wall is found in plant cells but not animal cells

Cell walls are only found in primitive cells and are never found in plant or animal cells

Level 2 Q2

The cell wall is much thinner and more flexible than the cell membrane

Is used for storage of waste products in both plant and animal cells

Is used for energy production in both plant and animal cells

Is used for energy production in plant cells only

Level 2 Q3

Is used for energy production in animal cells only

Select the correct answer to each question. You will earn a piece of a snowman for each correct answer. Collect them all to help Frosty with his mission!

The organelle pictured -

Cell A, Structure 8

Cell B, Structure 6

Cell A, Structure 4

Level 2 Q4

Cell A and B, Structure 1

Select the correct answer to each question. You will earn a piece of a snowman for each correct answer. Collect them all to help Frosty with his mission!

Which cell structure functions as the control center for cellular operations?

Cell membrane

Nucleus

Chloroplast

Level 2 Q5

Vacuole

Select the correct answer to each question. You will earn a piece of a snowman for each correct answer. Collect them all to help Frosty with his mission!

Plants use energy from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to produce sugar. Which structure is found only in plant cells and helps plants capture energy from sunlight?

Select the correct answer to each question. You will earn a piece of a snowman for each correct answer. Collect them all to help Frosty with his mission!

What will cause plant leaves to wilt?

The vacuoles shrink.

The cell wall thickens.

The mitochondria change shape.

Level 2 Q6

The chloroplasts absorb less light energy.

Select the correct answer to each question. You will earn a piece of a snowman for each correct answer. Collect them all to help Frosty with his mission!

A diagram of a plant cell is shown in the image.The function of the chloroplast is to—

regulate substances that enter and exit the cell

control substances that enter and exit the cell

use energy from sunlight to make sugar

Level 2 Q7

provide support for the cell

You've built a snow-tacular understanding of cell structures! Your frosty success warms my icy heart!

SNOWAY!

Level 2 Complete

Now that's a COOL snowman!

Try again!

Oh Snowflake!

Looks like Frosty's facts got a bit tangled in the snow. Better check your science knowledge and see where things may have gotten a little frostbitten!"

Try again!

Oh Snowflake!

Looks like Frosty's facts got a bit tangled in the snow. Better check your science knowledge and see where things may have gotten a little frostbitten!

Enter the level 2 code for Frosty’s Freeze Frame

The code has a key and a lock next to it

Level 3 Objective

Santa's workshop needs some motion experts! Help the Elf to conduct an experiment to demonstrate the your understanding of the meaning of vocabulary terms related to forces affecting motion in organisms. Elf will guide them through activities involving seedlings, turgor pressure, and more.

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Elf's Motion Meaning Magic!

Level 3 Clue

Find the hidden words and match them to their definition. Write the word that matches each number on your answer sheet and follow the instructions to get your L3 code! Click the next button when you're ready to enter the code!

Enter the code for Level 3: Elf's Motion Meaning Magic!

Type in ALL CAPS with no spaces

Navigate through 8 levels of merry challenges, each hosted by a jolly friend from the holidays. From Rudolph's cell-ular jumble to Santa's balance check-up, your scientific prowess will be put to the test!

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Jingle Cell Rock

Level 4 Objective

The Heat and Snow Misers are in a friendly competition! Engage in a virtual experiment to explore how forces affect motion, focusing on thermodynamics. Choose an answer, complete the challenges, and win the day!

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Heat vs. Snow Showdown

12

11

Both are the result of a negative force

10

Both are the result of gravitational force

Both are the result of a pulling force

Level 4 Q1

Read each question carefully, then choose the correct answer. Write the number of the answer choice on your response sheet. You will add the answers for 1 - 3 to get your level 4 code.

How are forces associated with germination and turgor pressure similar?

Both are the result of pushing force

Loss of turgor pressure and gravity

Geotropism

Loss of turgor pressure

Level 4 Q2

Read each question carefully, then choose the correct answer. Write the number of the answer choice on your response sheet. You will add the answers for 1 - 3 to get your level 4 code.

A student placed a flower in a vase but forgot to add water. The picture shows the flower’s appearance after a few days. What force/s contributed to the flower’s appearance?

Gravity

inward

towards the center of the Earth

sideways

Level 4 Q1

Read each question carefully, then choose the correct answer. Write the number of the answer choice on your response sheet. You will add the answers for 1 - 3 to get your level 4 code.

Geotropism is a response of plants that causes the roots of seeds to grow –

towards the sky

Enter the code for Level 4: Heat vs. Snow Showdown

Add up all the 1-3 correct answer #s

Navigate through 8 levels of merry challenges, each hosted by a jolly friend from the holidays. From Rudolph's cell-ular jumble to Santa's balance check-up, your scientific prowess will be put to the test!

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Jingle Cell Rock

Level 5 Objective

The Grinch has hidden environmental stimuli clues throughout Whoville! Students will embark on a scavenger hunt to find and document how organisms respond to external stimuli like phototropism and fight or flight. The Grinch's heart will grow three sizes with every correct answer!

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Grinch's Stimulus Stumper

Level 5 Q1 - 3

Find the hidden objects scattered throughout Whoville. Each object will have a question hidden inside it that will lead you to your level 5 code.

Enter the code for Level 4 Grinch's Stimulus Stumper

Type in ALL CAPS with no spaces

Navigate through 8 levels of merry challenges, each hosted by a jolly friend from the holidays. From Rudolph's cell-ular jumble to Santa's balance check-up, your scientific prowess will be put to the test!

Maze Menu

Jingle Cell Rock

Level 6 Objective

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Jack Skellington has some riddles about how organisms respond to external stimuli. Solve the riddles to unlock the secrets of phototropism and other responses. Beware of Oogie Boogie's traps along the way!

Jack's Riddling Response Quest

C.. II is negative to light, and III is positive to gravity.

B. IV is negative to temperature, and II is negative to gravity.

D. II is positive to gravity, and IV is positive to moisture.

Level 6 Q1

A. I is negative to light, and III is positive to gravity.

The diagram illustrates a seed germinating. Many forces, including responses to moisture, light, temperature, and gravity are at work in this process. Which of the following correctly describes two of the seedling's responses to stimuli?

Jack's Riddling Response Quest

C. The plant senses when an insect touches a hair, the stimulus, and snaps its leaf shut, the response, to feed on the insect.

B. The plant opens its leaf, the stimulus, and insects attract to the leaf, the response.

D. The plant opens its leaf, the stimulus, and the plant feels the need to find water, the response.

Level 6 Q2

A. The plant senses when a cool breeze touches a hair, the stimulus, and snaps its leaf shut, the response, to keep itself protected from cold weather.

Which of the following best explains the stimulus and response relationship that may occur with these leaves?

Jack's Riddling Response Quest

Level 6 Q3

A. The plant, stimulated by light through the window, is responding by growing toward that light.

C. The plant, stimulated by a need for growth, is responding by trying to leave its pot because of lack of space.

B. The plant, stimulated by a need for water, is responding by its roots pushing out of the soil to search for water.

D. The plant, stimulated by indoor air, is responding by growing toward the preferred outdoor air.

The picture below shows a flower experiencing phototropism, a type of growth movement. Which of the following best explains the external stimulus that is causing the response in the picture?

Jack's Riddling Response Quest

SANDYCLAWS

Level 6 Complete

Congratulations, my clever scientist! You've unraveled the mysteries of organism responses. Your knowledge is positively bone-chilling!

Try again!

Watch out for Oogie Boogie!

Enter the code for Level 6 Jack's Riddling Response Quest

Type in ALL CAPS with no spaces

Level 7 Objective

The Abominable Snowman is facing internal stimuli challenges! Students will explore how organisms respond to internal stimuli like wilting in plants and fever or vomiting in animals. Help the Abominable Snowman survive the harsh conditions of the winter maze!

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Abominable Survival Challenge

increasing the body's heartbeat rate

slowing the growth of the bacterial infection

Level 7 Q1

increasing the energy level of the body

stopping additional bacteria from entering the body

Select the correct answer to each question. Use the picture next to the correct answer choice and the decoder to find your level 7 code!

A person develops an elevated body temperature from a bacterial infection. This fever is a response from the body to help fight the infection by —.

Sweating from pores

Covering up

Level 7 Q2

Getting in an ice bath

Taking asprin

Select the correct answer to each question. Use the picture next to the correct answer choice and the decoder to find your level 7 code!

A person becomes ill because they contracted an infection. The person's body starts to run a fever. What may be an internal response by this person's body to control its body temperature?

internal stimulus that made his muscles ten times stronger than they normally are to fight the bear.

external stimulus that encouraged him to stand up to the bear.

Level 7 Q3

internal stimulus that encouraged him to stand up to the bear.

external stimulus that made him think he was stronger than the bear and could fight it.

Select the correct answer to each question. Use the picture next to the correct answer choice and the decoder to find your level 7 code!

Read the passage "A Man Meets a Bear" in the box below. The man's surge of adrenaline was an —

They provide more oxygen and blood to parts of the body that might need it

They decrease oxygen and blood to parts of the body to save energy

Level 7 Q3

They allow the animal to know exactly where the danger is coming from

They allow the animal to relax and calmly decide what plan of action to take

Select the correct answer to each question. Use the picture next to the correct answer choice and the decoder to find your level 7 code!

How do increased heart and breathing rates affect an animal that is faced with danger?

Enter the code for Level 7 Abominable Survival Challenge

Type in ALL CAPS with no spaces

Navigate through 8 levels of merry challenges, each hosted by a jolly friend from the holidays. From Rudolph's cell-ular jumble to Santa's balance check-up, your scientific prowess will be put to the test!

Maze Menu

Jingle Cell Rock

Level 8 Objective

Santa needs to maintain balance during his busy night! Students will complete a puzzle related to responses in organisms resulting from internal stimuli. Help Santa stay balanced as he delivers presents across the North Pole. The more balanced, the more gifts for everyone!

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Santa's Balance Check-Up

Level 8 Q1

Sort the puzzle pieces to creat an image then answer the question that appears once the puzzle is complete. The answer to the question will be your final code.

Enter the code for Level 8 Santa's Balance Check-Up!

Type in ALL CAPS with no spaces

Congratulations, intrepid scientists! You've conquered the Jingle Cell Rock maze and spread holiday cheer through the magic of science!

YOU'VE COMPLETED THE MAZE!

What is an example of a reaction to a stimulus?

A. A person tapping on a friend's shoulder B. A boy smelling a flower that is brightly colored C. A child's eyes blinking due to smoke in the air D. A girl listening for thunder following lightning

A crocodile quietly stalks its prey, a wildebeest, drinking at a water hole. The wildebeest suddenly sees the crocodile approaching, and it probably responds by: A Fighting the crocodile B Remaining very still C Running away from the crocodile D Playing dead

Look at the picture provided

Euglena is a microscopic organism that lives in freshwater ponds. It has chloroplasts, moves by a flagellum, and has an eyespot that is sensitive to light. Euglena would MOST LIKELY respond to sunlight by swimming — A around the roots of a lily pad B beneath an underwater log C to the bottom of the pond D toward the pond surface

EXERTS

MOTION

PHOTOTROPISM

RIGID

FORCE

TURGOR PRESSURE

GEOTROPISM

SEEDLING

CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

EMERGENCE

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