Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Lauren Taylor
Unit Name and #:
Course:
AP Biology
Dates:
Cellular Respiration
and Cell
Communication
1/6-1/22
Monday
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: Act out the processes in cellular respiration
TEKS/AP/Standards: Organisms capture and store free energy for use in biological processes
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities: In small groups practice acting out the processes in cellular respiration
with a guided checklist.
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Word Part Quiz
Checks for Understanding: Watching all students participate in the acting activity.
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Previous Notes
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: Cellular communication subject matter expert assignment, Cell cycle guided
reading due Friday.
Tuesday
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: Describe the different ways cells communicate
TEKS/AP/Standards: Growth and Homeostasis are maintained by the constant movement of
molecules across membranes.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities: Cellular Communication discussion/ activities.
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods:
Checks for Understanding: Exit ticket- Describe a signal transduction pathway
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Cellular Communication Homework.
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: Study for cellular respiration major grade. Cell Cycle guided reading due
Friday.
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: Test their knowledge of cellular respiration processes.
TEKS/AP/Standards: Organisms capture and store free energy for use in biological systems
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities: Act out cellular respiration from memory for a major grade. Must keep
studying and trying to get it right. Every student must succeed with a 100%
Wed/Thur
When they are finished they get to work on a case study.
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Students must act out cellular respiration one on one with teacher.
Checks for Understanding:
What do I need to be successful?
Materials:
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: Cell Cycle Guided Reading Due tomorrow
Friday
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: Describe what happens during the cell cycle.
TEKS/AP/Standards: Heritable information is passed to the next generation via processes
that include the cell cycle and mitosis or meiosis plus fertilization.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities: Split into groups and each person has one part of the cell cycle to
describe and draw a picture of on an index card. Then they share.
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods:
Checks for Understanding: Watch and interact with the groups to make sure they know all
the material
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Homework
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: