February Biology Lesson Plans
Date
2/2
Mon
Objectives
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Explain the purpose of the cell
cycle
• Describe the stages of
mitosis
Activities
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PPT- Notes (30 mins)
Mitosis Lab- (30 mins)
 Model with hands
 PMAT- “Pooh’s Mad At Tigger”
 Mitosis Modeling Lab (40 mins)
Discuss life spans of human cells- neuron, skeletal muscle,
cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, WBC, RBC, intestine... (15
mins)
Standards
MSCS 3: BM 2
HW: 10.2 Worksheet
2/4
Wed
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2/6
Fri
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Explain the purpose of the cell
cycle
Describe the stages of mitosis
in plants and animals
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Review stages of Mitosis (15 mins)
Mitosis Online Lab
Read 10-3 and complete question sheet (20 mins)
MSCS 3: BM 2
Explain the purpose of the cell
cycle
Describe the stages of mitosis
in plants and animals
Explain how cancer cells are
different from other cells
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Review stages of Mitosis (15 mins)
Onion Root Mitosis Microscope Lab
 Stages of mitosis Drawings- what does each stage look like?
 What happens during each phase?
 Find each phase under the microscopeRead 10-3 and complete question sheet (20 mins)
MSCS 3: BM 2
PPT- Notes (45 mins)
Regulating the Cell CycleControls on cell division
- Cell cycle regulators
Uncontrolled cell growth- Cancer
Cancer Article/discussion (15 mins)
MSCS 3 : BM 2
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2/10
Tues
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Explain the purpose of the cell
cycle
Describe the stages of mitosis
in plants and animals
Explain how cancer cells are
different from other cells
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HW: Mitosis quiz next class
MSCS= Montana Science Content Standard
BM= Benchmark
2/12
Thurs
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2/17
Tues
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2/19
Thurs
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2/24
Tues
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Identify the major events that
occur in meiosis
Differentiate between haploid
and diploid chromosome
numbers
Compare and contrast the
process and purpose of mitosis
and meiosis
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MSCS 3: BM 2
HW: 11.1 Worksheet
Identify the major events that
occur in meiosis
Differentiate between haploid
and diploid chromosome
numbers
Compare and contrast the
process and purpose of mitosis
and meiosis
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Identify the major events that
occur in meiosis
Differentiate between haploid
and diploid chromosome
numbers
Compare and contrast the
process and purpose of mitosis
and meiosis
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Explain Mendel’s Principle
of Independent Assortment
Demonstrate how to
complete a punnett square
to estimate genotypic and
phenotypic ratios in
offspring
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MSCS= Montana Science Content Standard
Review
Mitosis Quiz (30 mins)
Read 11-1 and complete question sheet (20 mins)
Genetics Facts and Fallacies Activity (30 mins)
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Intro to Genetics Notes/Discussion (30 mins)
What is genetics? What is heredity? Who was Gregor
Mendel?
Genes and Dominance
Segregation
MSCS 3: BM 2
HW: 11-2 Question Sheet- Punnett Squares
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Review 11-1 (15 minutes)
- Who is Mendel? What did he do? His conclusions?
- Go over Principle of Dominance and Principle of
Segregation
- Dominant vs. Recessive
- Playing cards and coin examples
Introduce probability and relate it to Mendelian
genetics (10 minutes)
Probability and Mendelian Genetics Activity (45 minutes)
Review: how does this coin probability activity relate to
Mendel’s genetics? (10 mins)
MSCS 3: BM 2
Review Single Trait Crosses (15 minutes)
- Dominant vs. Recessive
- Genotype vs. Phenotype
- Homozygous vs. Heterozygous
- Punnett Squares- Single Trait Crosses
Sponge Bob Genetics Worksheet (15 mins)
Dihybrid Notes (15 minutes)
MSCS 3: BM 2
BM= Benchmark
2/26
Thurs
1/26
Thurs
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Demonstrate how to
complete a punnett square
to estimate genotypic and
phenotypic ratios in
offspring
Identify major events that
occur in meiosis
Differentiate between
haploid and diploid
chromosome numbers
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Review monohybrid and dihybrid crosses(10 mins)
Notes/Discussion: Exceptions to Mendel’s
Principles(20 mins) - Codominance, Incomplete
Dominance, etc.
Practice worksheet
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Quiz next class period
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Review notes from last class- codominance,
incomplete dominance... (10 mins)
Genetics Quiz
Notes/Discussion: Meiosis (25 mins)
- Chromosomes, gametes, somatic cells vs. sex cells
- How is meiosis different from mitosis? How is it
similar
- Stages of meiosis?
Meiosis Lab (40 mins)
- Use manipulatives to demonstrate the stages of
meiosis
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MSCS= Montana Science Content Standard
Two Factor Crosses Practice Worksheet (30
minutes)
Discuss the principle of independent assortment
Class practice problem
BM= Benchmark
MSCS 3: BM 2
MSCS 3: BM 2