Lesson Plan
Teacher’s Name
Mr. Chan
Subject & Course
Code:
Date of lesson:
Living Environment
Pacing/Time
Allocation
11/22/2023
6
Period:
Unit of Study:
Unit 3: Evolution of Sick Humans
Possible Student
Misconceptions:
Aim:
1) Bacteria and viruses are the only reasons for disease
2) All humans are the same.
What do we need to know to protect ourselves from cholera?
Read aloud to
students.
Essential Question(s):
How do enzymes affect people with lactose intolerance?
Do Now:
Think–Write–Pair–Share:
Should humans continue to drink milk?
Students will spend 2 minutes answering the question, and
then 3 minutes to explain their reasoning.
New Generation
Science Standards
5 min
independent
2 min
share-out
Class will discuss together after.
Science and Engineering Practice:
Engaging in Argument from evidence - Evaluate the
claims, evidence, and/or reasoning behind currently
accepted explanations or solutions to determine the merits
of arguments.
Disciplinary Core Ideas:
Adaptation - Natural selection leads to adaptation, where
a population that dominates an environment are well
suited to survive and reproduce.
Instructional
Outcomes/Student
Objectives:
Inference about
learning
(Teacher facing. What will students learn?)
Guide: Rewrite standard(s)
● Students will investigate lactose intolerance to
understand how enzymes work.
Students will be able to
(SWBAT)…
Learning Target
(Student facing. What am I doing? How do I do it?)
Bloom’s Taxonomy Guide:
Understand/Apply/Analyze/Evaluate/Create
By the end of the lesson
● I will make a claim on how enzymes works in lactose
intolerant people
● I will explain the importance of enzymes.
Vocabulary:
Mini Lesson/ Modeling: Enzyme - a substance produced by a living organism which
helps breakdown things. Can be reused.
Substrate - The thing that the enzyme breaks down.
1
5 min for
vocabulary
Lesson Plan
Active site - The location on the enzyme where the substrate
will connect
Catalyst - A fancy name for enzyme.
Denature - When an enzyme changes shape and no longer
works
Amoeba Sisters Enzymes Video (5:45)
Enzymes (Updated) (youtube.com)
Questions to check for
comprehension and
understanding (DOK):
Independent Practice
or Group Activity:
5:45
As you watch the video, write down one thing you noticed,
one thing you learned, and one question you have.
DOK Questions:
1) What is lactose?
2) What is lactose intolerance?
3) What are enzymes, and how do they work?
Work Period:
Students analyze a table and draw conclusions. They will
write a claim and support it with evidence from the data table.
Students will also read and annotate a text about enzymes,
then answer questions.
5 min
15 min
Students will then color in the enzymes and connect the story
about Kanna, her mother, her brother, and her friend to how
enzymes work.
10 min before end of class: Class/group discussion (5 min)
Knowledge of Students
-Differentiated
Instruction/UDL
Strategies:
Exit Ticket:
Regents Question
5 min
Students are grouped based on performance and scaffolding
requirements.
Teacher will be working in small group with students that
struggle with staying on task.
Spanish ELL students are grouped with other spanish
speaking students that can assist with translations.
Many adults lack the ability to digest the milk sugar, lactose.
Often, this is due to the insufficient production of the enzyme
lactase, which breaks down lactose. This is not due to an
allergy to milk. Milk allergies are different because they
(1) are often not harmful to the person
(2) result in a build-up of the substance in the body
(3) are the result of the digestive system attacking the
substance
(4) result from an overreaction of the immune system to a
harmless substance
2
5 min