CMS Lesson Plan Template Teacher: Rawlins, Jolly-Smith, Wallace Course/Level: 7th Grade Life Science
Week of: 3/23-27/15
Focused
Standard/Element(s)
Essential
Question(s)
Monday 3/23/15
Tuesday 3/24/15
S7L2. Students will describe the
structure and function
of cells, tissues, organs,
and organ systems.
c. Explain that cells are organized
into tissues, tissues into organs,
organs into systems, and systems
into organisms.
d. Explain that tissues, organs, and
organ systems serve the needs
cells have for oxygen, food, and
waste removal.
e. Explain the purpose of the
major organ systems in the human
body (i.e., digestion, respiration,
reproduction, circulation,
excretion, movement, control, and
coordination, and for protection
from disease).
S7L2. Students will describe the structure and
function of cells, tissues, organs, and
organ systems.
c. Explain that cells are organized into tissues,
tissues into organs, organs into systems, and systems
into organisms.
d. Explain that tissues, organs, and organ systems
serve the needs cells have for oxygen, food, and
waste removal.
e. Explain the purpose of the major organ systems in
the human body (i.e., digestion, respiration,
reproduction, circulation, excretion, movement,
control, and coordination, and for protection from
disease).
EQ: What is the purpose
of the major organ systems
in the human body?
EQ: What is the purpose of the major
organ systems in the human body?
Wednesday 3/25/15
S7L3. Students will recognize how biological
traits are passed on to successive generations. a.
Explain the role of genes and chromosomes in the
process of inheriting a specific trait. b. Compare
and contrast that organisms reproduce asexually
and sexually (bacteria, protists, fungi, plants &
animals). c. Recognize that selective breeding can
produce plants or animals with desired traits.
I KNOW CHALLENGE
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=0yjLJfz6saU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l8
aLmomDP
Opening (5-10 min)
Ipad Activity
Kahoot
Student will complete activity of
naming the functions of the human
body systems.
I KNOW CHALLENGE
IPADS
Digestion, respiration, reproduction,
and circulation.
Work-Time
Activities (40 min)
Card Game
Ticket out the door
question.
Closure Activity (10
min)
Tell the purpose of the
major organ systems in
the human body
Peer tutors, and
individualized instructions
when needed.
Differentiation
Strategies
(targeting student
Ticket out the door question.
I KNOW CHALLENGE
Name an organ system and the function
of that system.
IPADS
Paired groups
I KNOW CHALLENGE
IPADS
growth)
Thursday 3/26/15
Friday 3/27/15
Additional Notes
HOLIDY
Focused
Standard/Element(s)
S7L2. Students will describe the
structure and function
of cells, tissues, organs,
and organ systems.
c. Explain that cells are organized
into tissues, tissues into organs,
organs into systems, and systems
into organisms.
d. Explain that tissues, organs, and
organ systems serve the needs
cells have for oxygen, food, and
waste removal.
e. Explain the purpose of the
major organ systems in the human
body (i.e., digestion, respiration,
reproduction, circulation,
excretion, movement, control, and
coordination, and for protection
from disease).
EQ: What is the purpose
of the major organ
systems in the human
body?
Essential
Question(s)
Writing Prompt
What can we infer from the article about the ancient
salamander?
http://tweentribune.com/tween56/ancientsalamander-was-long-car
HOLIDY
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=Ts_BRO4QHp
Y
HOLIDY
Opening (5-10 min)
Student will complete
activity of naming the
functions of the human
body systems.
Work-Time
Activities (40 min)
HOLIDY
Excretion, movement,
control, coordination, and
protection from disease;.
Card Game
Ticket out the door
question.
Closure Activity (10
min)
Name an organ system
and the function of that
system.
HOLIDY
Paired groups
HOLIDY
.
Differentiation
Strategies
(targeting student
growth)