Lesson Plans
For my Concept Lesson Plan, I have a lesson entitled "State Your Traits". In this lesson, students will explore the concepts of traits and genetic diversity as they identify some physical traits that they and their classmates display. Here is a helpful .pdf that has all of the handouts needed for this lesson.
In my Direct Lesson Plan, students explore phenotype and genotype, and make baby dragons given genotypes that they determine by selecting paper chromosomes. The concept of Punnet Squares is also introduced, and students practice Punnet Squares first with partners when creating their baby dragon, and then individually by completing the Bikini Bottom Genetics worksheet. Here is the document that has all of the handouts needed for this lesson.
In my Inquiry lesson, students discover the processes of mitosis and meiosis through an interactive SMARTBoard lesson, as well as individually interacting with this Biology in Motion website, which allows students to drag and drop various aspects of mitosis and meiosis. (Note: you will need both the SMARTBoard Notebook software and an updated Adobe Shockwave player in order to correctly view this content)
For my Vocabulary Acquisition lesson, students take a pretest on key vocabulary words in genetics. After the pre-test, the meanings of the words are discussed as a class, and the Frayer Vocabulary Model is introduced. The students complete five Frayer Vocabulary graphic organizers individually on words of their choice, and then play Science Vocabulary Hangman. The remaining time left in class will be used going over a Glogster that reviews key concepts in Mendelian genetics.
My Cooperative Learning lesson is a Genetic Disorder research project. Students form groups of two or three and pick a genetic disorder to research that interests them. No two groups may have the same genetic disorder. Students will be given a class period to research their disorder as well as find a current, relevant journal article that deals with current research on their chosen genetic disorder. After they have found information on their genetic disorder, they will create a multimedia presentation to relay this information to the rest of the class. All of the handouts you will need for this lesson are located here.
In my Direct Lesson Plan, students explore phenotype and genotype, and make baby dragons given genotypes that they determine by selecting paper chromosomes. The concept of Punnet Squares is also introduced, and students practice Punnet Squares first with partners when creating their baby dragon, and then individually by completing the Bikini Bottom Genetics worksheet. Here is the document that has all of the handouts needed for this lesson.
In my Inquiry lesson, students discover the processes of mitosis and meiosis through an interactive SMARTBoard lesson, as well as individually interacting with this Biology in Motion website, which allows students to drag and drop various aspects of mitosis and meiosis. (Note: you will need both the SMARTBoard Notebook software and an updated Adobe Shockwave player in order to correctly view this content)
For my Vocabulary Acquisition lesson, students take a pretest on key vocabulary words in genetics. After the pre-test, the meanings of the words are discussed as a class, and the Frayer Vocabulary Model is introduced. The students complete five Frayer Vocabulary graphic organizers individually on words of their choice, and then play Science Vocabulary Hangman. The remaining time left in class will be used going over a Glogster that reviews key concepts in Mendelian genetics.
My Cooperative Learning lesson is a Genetic Disorder research project. Students form groups of two or three and pick a genetic disorder to research that interests them. No two groups may have the same genetic disorder. Students will be given a class period to research their disorder as well as find a current, relevant journal article that deals with current research on their chosen genetic disorder. After they have found information on their genetic disorder, they will create a multimedia presentation to relay this information to the rest of the class. All of the handouts you will need for this lesson are located here.