UT Standards Academy Lesson Plan Template:
TITLE – With Grade Level and Topic
How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics - Hortensia
Jiménez Díaz
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-mendel-s-pea-plants-helped-us-understandgenetics-hortensia-jimenez-diaz#watch
Ted-ed 7th Grade Standards Academy Day 2
GENERAL:
Summary – 3- 4 sentences
This lesson plan will guide facilitators and adult learners through the process of
using TED-ed in their classrooms as another technology option.
Science Curriculum Standard Tie – Disciplinary Core Idea (K-12 Framework)
Standard 4
Students will understand that offspring inherit traits that make them more or less suitable
to survive in the environment.
Objective 1
Compare how sexual and asexual reproduction passes genetic information from parent to
offspring.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS3.A: Inheritance of traits
ILO – Science and Engineering Practice (K-12 Framework)
ILO: Manifest Scientific Attitudes and Interests
Science and Engineering Practices: Analyzing and Interpreting Data
Cross Cutting Concepts/Core Idea (K-12 Framework)
Patterns, Stability and Change.
Core Idea: Heredity-Genetics of the parent get passed on to offspring
Arguments based on evidence
Math and/or ELA Curriculum Tie
Speaking and Listening Standard 2
Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats
(e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or
issue under study.
Time Frame: Number of Class Periods – Number of Minutes
30 Minutes
Group Size
20-36 Students
Technology Tools Utilized
Internet to access TED-ed
http://ed.ted.com/
Bibliography
NA
Key Words
offspring, inherit, inherited traits, acquired traits, genetics,
INSTRUCTIONAL:
Materials – Quantity and Vendor if necessary
Internet Access
Projector
Background for Teachers – Website Links or Specific Content
-Genetics Science Learning Center
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu
-Teach.geneics (Companion site for Learn.genetics) access to full lesson plans
about genetics and heridity
http://teach.genetics.utah.edu/
Student Prior Knowledge
Reproduction passes information from parent to offspring. Sexual reproduction requires
two parents, and provides variety in a species. This variety may allow the species to adapt
to changes in the environment and help the species survive. A species may change due to
the passing of traits naturally or by techniques used and developed by science. Genetic
information is passed on in a predictable manner.
Instructional Procedure
Teacher Preparation: Go to http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-mendel-s-peaplants-helped-us-understand-genetics-hortensia-jimenez-diaz#watch
Watch the 3:06 minute animation; How Mendel's pea plants helped us
understand genetics - Hortensia Jiménez Díaz. Become familiar with the
THINK quiz questions, and the DIG DEEPER information and links.
Review Standard 4 of the 7th grade science core http://www.uen.org/core
(Students will understand that offspring inherit traits that make them more or less suitable
to survive in the environment).
Performance Task
Students and teachers will view the Ted-ed animation; How Mendel's pea plants
helped us understand genetics - Hortensia Jiménez Díaz. Students will work
through the THINK quiz questions, and the DIG DEEPER information and links to
further their understanding about heredity.
Strategies for Diverse Learners
NA
Extensions
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Students/teachers could search Ted-ed for other animations about heredity.
Students/teachers could search Ted-talks for talks about heredity.
Teachers could “flip” another teacher’s lesson on Ted-ed for their students to
learn from.
ASSESSMENT:
Assessment Plan
Pre-Assessment: Teacher led talk and argument about genetically transferred
traits, take the 6 question quiz under the THINK section of the Ted-ed animation;
How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics - Hortensia Jiménez Díaz
Formative: Have students research the many options in the DIG DEEPER section of
the Ted-ed section of the Ted-ed animation; How Mendel's pea plants helped us
understand genetics - Hortensia Jiménez Díaz
Summative: Students will write a paragraph explaining what they understand about
genetics, the way traits are passed on, and what Mendel taught us about how traits
are passed on.